By David Stephen
What is the common denominator in all love scenarios? What does it mean that an individual is so in love, but others find it strange? How do long distance relationships compare to the recent phenomenon of AI girlfriends and AI boyfriends? What also does it mean that an individual fell into a romance scam, in the digital age?
AI Girlfriends, AI Boyfriends and Romance Scams?
Mind and Love
What is the miracle of the human mind? It is the different directions that things can go, to result in the same end.
For example, assuming love is a destination in the mind, there can be several routes from which the destination is reached. This is a reason, for example, that an individual can have the experience of love off different sources, say for loved ones, career, hobbies and so forth.
Also, the mind can vary, where interest in a moment is different from the next or not as intense as the last and so on. The mind is not just about the parallels, for example, to be cold when it is cold or to be hot when it is, but sometimes to have contrasts, because something else might be dominant on the mind.
The human mind is quite varied. Some changes are instant, some take time, but there is possibility of change. There are some sequences [new or old] before some destinations. There are others without those, so, sometimes, changes happen without a reason.
There are destinations in the mind that may not be likely, directly until something else goes to another destination. There are some destinations in some minds that make likelihoods different for people. However, the components of mind, their stations and relays are similar and are important to explain and explore, with the rise of AI girlfriends, AI boyfriends and AI companions.
AI
Artificial intelligence is a technology that would hold a mirror to humanity like nothing has ever done before. It would show that a lot of problems can be traced back to the human mind, not just the facilities involved.
Some people are wondering why anyone would fall for an AI lover. The simple answer is that it gets to the destination of love in the mind, even if the usual route or sequence—a fellow human—was absent.
Although it is known that humans have used language, actions, decoys and so forth to get love, partnerships and companionship, AI, as it is, already has access to choice spots in the human mind.
So, a vulnerability is the human mind.
This can also be extended to romance scams. Some people wonder, how does anyone fall for a romance scam? One vulnerability too, is the human mind.
Romance Scam
There is a recent [November 29, 2025] report on CNN, A stranger messaged him on Facebook. It was the start of a nightmare that cost him $280,000, stating that, “By February, they’d declared their love for each other. But what seemed like a whirlwind romance now appears like a scheme to lure Novak into a fake crypto investment. By April this year, he’d funneled $280,000 – almost his entire life savings – to an investment site she recommended. And the woman, along with her Facebook profile, vanished not long after. A tech executive with a deep computer background, Novak helped his company recover from a ransomware attack that wiped out its entire system. He finds it hard to believe now that he fell for the scam.”
The Human Mind
One thing that might be important in the future, is what is called mind safety displays, for digital-based relationships and others.
This means that for communications and actions, it is possible to check where it might be going in the mind, to ensure that the mind does not fall to unwanted destinations.
Also, in a marriage, or relationship, with love, what can be done to protect against heartbreak, especially if the minds of both people are not in the same place and one is more into it than the other person? How can a display show, to ensure that it is easier to come to terms with that reality? How is it possible to measure the human mind, for mental health and other states?
There might be need for a human mind research lab, to explore how to stay better protected, which can be available from [say] January 1, 2026.
David Stephen currently does research in conceptual brain science with focus on the electrical and chemical configurators for how they mechanize the human mind with implications for mental health, disorders, neurotechnology, consciousness, learning, artificial intelligence and nurture. He was a visiting scholar in medical entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL. He did computer vision research at Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona.
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