AI Is Selling Girlfriends

Disclaimer: Do not "Not all men" me, I swear to god I will come pin a tail on your ass. This article is clearly about a specific subset of men, so let's not pretend the shoe needs to be shoved on our own feet if they don't fit, yeah? Gracias. TW for abusive Incel bullshit and cussing.

Guess I was a little late on the cussing TW... Oh well.🤷🏼‍♀️

The Product

I was scrolling mindlessly on my phone, trying to find something to quell the boredom engulfing me that YouTube videos couldn't seem to cure, when I saw an advertisement for an AI program - one I'd never heard of before.

Meli, made by Full Rank AI, promises an AI companion that not only answers when you message, but also reaches out to you first, checks up on tasks you had planned at the end of the day, and reminds you to take your medications - one review even mentioned it "scolded" them when they missed a dose. How far is too far, and is anyone ever going to draw the line? Our planet is suffering for it.

Where The Problem Begins

AI has begun to take over everything around us, including the jobs of millions, and we are all sitting idly by, with some of us even using and abusing the very tools that are creating our downfall. Artists, in particular, are being quickly replaced with computer-generated, copy-paste, cookie-cutter robots who lack depth and feeling, but are supposed to create some of the most emotion-provoking aspects of humanity itself?

The 'male loneliness epidemic' has shown just how desperate people are for companionship, as well as how far they'll go to get it. As AI advances and becomes more human-like with every update, it is increasingly difficult to detect in photos and videos. It's being used for people to create entirely new identities, graphic and disturbing pornography - including some that involves children - therapy sessions, business meetings, and even dating.

I personally don't subscribe myself t0 the "male loneliness epidemic" theory. I think the fact that so many men are lonely probably has a lot to do with the fact that women are no longer forced into marriages as the norm, and we have autonomy over our bodies for once in hundreds of millennia of womanly oppression. Men were so used to getting away with the bare minimum, or less, that they have had a swift kick in the balls of a reality check, lately, with the millions of women fed up with their shit.

The beauty of freedom today is that we are free to choose who and whether we marry. We aren't "given" to a man in the US with a dowry, we aren't forced to remain in the marriage despite despair, and we are no longer compelled to be with men who need their mommies on speed dial for daily check-ins and hours-long phone calls. We don't need a man. Really, we never did, but I digress.

Men are flocking to AI systems, desperate for "human" interaction. However, they're not human, they're anything but. They're shells of humanity, torn apart from millions of prompts and pieced together again in a pixel abyss of binary code, HTML, and JavaScript - a human-adjacent piece of technology, made off the backs of real women, because men think they can build the "perfect" one.

The 'Perfect' Girlfriend Trope

Men are simple, disgusting creatures. They wait for girls to hit puberty like chickens come to roost. One egg drops, and men can seek it out, sharks flocking to waters bloodied by fish. It would be impressive if it weren't so vile. Men like this want to be in control; they don't want pushback, just smooth sailing. So they go for the young, the beautiful, the vulnerable. For children, very young adults - girls and women whose minds haven't fully melded yet.

But not every man does this, of course. Some wait until they're a bit older, maybe mid-20's, if you really stretch your imagination. They lure women in with money, gifts - things. Love-bombing. The perfect woman, for them, is she who accepts the love-bombing, yes, but more importantly, obeys. If they can't control a woman, they feel emasculated, small, insignificant: weak. They view women as objects to be used, empty toilet paper rolls to be shredded and tossed.

Now, though, men are running into problems. They're realizing that we are so much more than they ever thought we could be. That also comes with the realization that women aren't as easy to "catch" as they'd thought. Without mommy and daddy there to arrange for them a perfect mai - excuse me, wife - soon after graduation, this isn't the Oregon Trail anymore, and the men aren't liking that much.

The Problem Now?

The issue now is that thousands upon thousands of men are choosing to retreat online, and seclude themselves with technology, and technology alone. Many of them are incels - involuntarily celibate, for the uninformed - and often even dangerous for women to be around. They don't want a woman to love, cherish, and grow old with, they want a maid, an agreeable sex toy that says, "yes, honey" every time he asks for a blowjob.

The problem for these men, in their own eyes, is not within themselves, though. No, no, it couldn't possibly be the man's fault; that doesn't happen. 😉

It's just that women are sluts but don't want to give it up to the "nice guys," only the "douchebags, the fuckboys, the man-whores." It's all our fault. If we weren't such 'dirty whores', then they would be able to fuck us. They think they deserve that - our bodies - simply because they are a man, one who self-proclaims he's "nice" while slithering in silence in his bedroom, waiting to spit venom at any woman who has the audacity to say no.

So, when I found this AI app, Meli, I was absolutely floored by the fact that this company was genuinely advertising such a creepy and invasive form of artificial intelligence - one that doesn't wait for you to reach out, it comes to you. It can check your schedule, speak to your friends' and family's AI systems, have deep and meaningful conversations, and discuss how your day went at work. It's always running in the background of your device, which I have a feeling is going to chew up the battery and spit it out lifeless pretty quickly. RIP to your girlfriend.

What is MELI, And Why am I Telling You About It?

Meli is shrouded in a heavy cloak of mystery, sheltered behind a "Jeffrey D. with Full Rank AI" name tag and nothing much else. My research quickly led me to LinkedIn and the profile of a CEO of the company that supposedly owns the system, but I couldn't find a last name or any other identifying information with the limited resources I have at my disposal.

While yes, it does offer a boyfriend version, males are the ones predominantly using the service, both in number and consistency. And I think we all know that the main target for something like this is likely a male audience, because of their "loneliness," their desperation, and their entitlement. Women are less likely to use AI, in general, and I think we crave togetherness a bit more than men do in a relationship. We crave intimacy and closeness, not just sex and sexting.

The 'perfect' girlfriend, though? Now she exists, and she can never say no or talk back because she's a fucking robot. She's a gathering of pixels and other code, splashed with electricity and a sketchy Silk Road, attainable for every mediocre man, and agreeable enough to appease their need for control. Full Rank AI has created the "perfect" woman who caters to "her" man: a maid who runs in the background, unseen, but constant; eager to beckon to their every whim.

Meli is one of the strangest AI systems I've come across thus far, and I'm not sure what its deal is. It has only existed for about 9 months now, and its parent company, Full Rank AI, has barely any searchable information at all. LinkedIn states that the company has between 2 and 10 employees. Who are these people, and where are they? Why is there so little information about the company itself to be gleaned from searching Google, despite my efforts?

Again, I wish I knew.

What I do know is that the team apparently consists of some of the brilliant minds behind several organizations, including Google's DeepMind, "a team of scientists, engineers, and ethicists who build AI systems to benefit people and the planet." So, clearly, Meli has some important people on its team - but, who are they? The screenshot below is quite literally the only thing I could find about the team, other than Mr. Jeffrey D.; interesting name, too.

This "agent," as they call it, becomes the user's to own. It becomes their "property," something that is forced to stick by their side. That sounds a little familiar, doesn't it? The agent becomes the voice responding to the user's every beck and call, waiting in the background as a robotic personal assistant, girlfriend, psychologist, therapist, mother figure, or whatever label you want to place on her - regardless, she's not real.

So, where do we draw the line in the AI sand? Are we just going to sit around and wait for all of our water to be used for the rich and their toys while we all squander in ruin? With the current government, I would say anything is possible. We did have actual leaders vote against regulations to keep children from being placed into pornography using AI, after all, the sons of bitches.

Are we just going to continue creating objects and computer software built to replace women for men who can't seem to find their match, or are we going to start teaching boys when they're young that women are not their play-things? Women are people, not property, and we belong to no one but ourselves. It's time men figured that out, and their mothers stopped being so male-centered; teach boys how to treat women, because a lot of these men are momma's boys who were told they were special, and never heard the word "no."

Men, get off the computer, work on yourself, and then take the necessary steps for you to even attempt being in a relationship. Women aren't going to want you when you're constantly down on yourself, have little to no confidence, and refuse to take accountability for the fact that you are the reason for your own solitude. AI can't bring you true companionship, but the love of a woman can, if you deserve it.

AI can be used responsibly, but it cannot replace humanity.

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