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Jiang uses three examples — paying a prostitute, writing lifelong love letters to a celebrity, and buying an AI wife — as a classroom test for ranking lust by Dante's standards.
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AI wife
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One student argues that the AI-wife case is worst because it requires the least strong will and the least real action, while paying for sex at least involves concrete action.
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Another student argues that an AI wife is worst because it is not a real person and therefore cannot sustain real love, while the other two examples still preserve some possibility of human relationship.
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Jiang's own answer is that the AI-wife case is usually worst because it expresses despair and the abandonment of self-seriousness.
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"he depicts lust but normally we depict lust as maybe uh the most common example is you really like like a woman and you..."
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"...living in an age of AI so you buy yourself an AI wife okay a robotic wife right now I want you guys to..."
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"because uh you don't really need to like that much of that much of like a strong will to process like a sex robot..."
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"...love anyway what this is real true love I suppose but AI wife is different because AI is not real person so uh I..."
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"money to your wife right right um anyone else uh yes so in Dante's time these are my opinions in Dante's time then they..."
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"answer is number three okay um and how and how we know is we can actually go back and and like use the the..."
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"...the love the love letters is the second sin and the AI wife is the 13th okay so explain your logic I think the..."
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Dante's Hell is not just a ladder of sins in this lecture.
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