The Dilemmas of Human-AI romance: A Perspective from Language Philosophy

Abstract

With the rapid development of AI technology, human-AI romance has become an emerging social phenomenon, attracting extensive academic attention. Existing studies mostly explore this phenomenon from the perspectives of emotional generation mechanism and ethical issues, while the linguistic essence behind human-AI emotional interaction remains underexplored. This paper analyzes the generation mechanism of human-AI romance from the dual dimensions of AI’s emotional simulation and users’ emotional projection, and further discusses the inherent dilemmas of human-AI romance from the perspective of language philosophy. This study holds that AI romantic chatbots have five main limitations or dilemma: lack of intentionality, “Dasein”, intersubjectivity, empathy, and the ability to simulate “unspeakable” emotions simulation. The study enriches the application of language philosophy in AI research, and provides theoretical and practical references for the development of emotional AI and the guidance of human-AI relationships.