---
id: "quote-simulation-of-life"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["02:01:40"]
tags: ["warning", "mental-health"]
related: ["concept-artificial-intimacy", "claim-ai-artificial-intimacy"]
speaker: "Arthur Brooks"
quote: "If you look for love, happiness, and meaning in tech, you wind up living in a simulation of life."
---
# Living in a simulation of life.

> "If you look for love, happiness, and meaning in tech, you wind up living in a simulation of life."
> — [[entity-arthur-brooks|Arthur Brooks]]

## Context

[[entity-arthur-brooks|Arthur Brooks]] warning against the dangers of [[concept-artificial-intimacy|artificial intimacy]]. If humans attempt to fulfill their deep, complex needs for love and connection through AI chatbots, they will end up **isolated and depressed**.

## See Also

- [[claim-ai-artificial-intimacy]]
- [[framework-right-brain-exercise]] — the prescribed alternative.
- [[question-ai-intimacy-enforcement]] — the unresolved societal question.