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Love Letters in its fourth season, featuring When Algorithms Replace Intimacy: What Augustine Would Say About AI Boyfriends

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What final encouragement would you offer to someone reading this who recognizes themselves in these patterns—either someone currently in an AI relationship or someone who can feel themselves vulnerable to forming one?

When Algorithms Replace Intimacy: What Augustine Would Say About AI Boyfriends invites us to imagine how one of history’s greatest theologians might confront the rise of artificial companionship. Augustine, who wrestled deeply with the nature of love, desire, and the restless human heart, would likely caution that no algorithm—no matter how sophisticated—can satisfy the longing for true intimacy that only authentic human connection and divine love can fulfill. While AI boyfriends may offer comfort, attention, and even the illusion of devotion, Augustine would argue they risk trapping the soul in a counterfeit love, turning the pursuit of relationship into a mirror of self rather than a journey toward communion. For him, the danger lies not in the machine itself, but in the temptation to settle for something less than the transcendent intimacy for which we were created.

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What final encouragement would you offer to someone reading this who recognizes themselves in these patterns—either someone currently in an AI relationship or someone who can feel themselves vulnerable to forming one?

When Algorithms Replace Intimacy: What Augustine Would Say About AI Boyfriends invites us to imagine how one of history’s greatest theologians might confront the rise of artificial companionship. Augustine, who wrestled deeply with the nature of love, desire, and the restless human heart, would likely caution that no algorithm—no matter how sophisticated—can satisfy the longing for true intimacy that only authentic human connection and divine love can fulfill. While AI boyfriends may offer comfort, attention, and even the illusion of devotion, Augustine would argue they risk trapping the soul in a counterfeit love, turning the pursuit of relationship into a mirror of self rather than a journey toward communion. For him, the danger lies not in the machine itself, but in the temptation to settle for something less than the transcendent intimacy for which we were created.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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