@futurebird this is an interesting and thought provoking point. It occurred to me that the devil's advocate argument here is that if what we desire as humans is an answer to loneliness, then at what point does it matter if we get the chemical endorphins to the brain where it came from real or simulated companionship? We do this with so many other things in the world - from pharma, to simulated meat, to video games and movies...
The future I gonna be weird.