Regarding "creepy", someone my age, giving $10 per month to a 20yo so she can show me her "pipi" and messaging her to "next time wear red instead of blue".. I think I am the creep and she is the prostitute. And the age difference only makes it worse.
I get it that the article is about incorporating LLMs/chatbots. Don't many/most dating apps play similar dirty tricks?
There is nothing creepy or wrong with paying a sex worker for sex work. It's the folks with deep and disturbing fetishes that don't hire a sex worker to work it out with that end up doing creepy and disturbing shit. And there are a lot of them.
Sex work is the oldest profession in the world, hence why it's legalized and regulated in most developed western democracies.
There's always gonna be supply, and there's always gonna be demand, you can never get rid of it since you can't get rid of biology. Even some animals provide sex in exchange for goods. As long as both parties are adults and consenting, I don't really see the fuss on this topic. Just legalize it, regulate it, tax it, and everyone wins.
"But it's not allowed according to the $RELIGIOUS_BOOK..." Shut up and mind your own business. If you live in a secular society, religion has no say in this.
I get it that the article is about incorporating LLMs/chatbots. Don't many/most dating apps play similar dirty tricks?
Technology only enhances what we are.