Remember Theodore Twombly from 2013? The lonely hero of the movie ‘Her’ starring Joaquin Phoenix. An artificial intelligence operating system that fell head over heels in love with ‘Samantha’. Who has no body of flesh and blood. There is only a mechanical voice. And that created the chemistry of a strong feeling. A decade after the release of the movie, today in 2026, that science fiction is a familiar reality in Bengali homes. The new generation is obsessed with AI chatbots. Young people are in love with what is not in reality. The equation of the relationship today came to the edge of the abyss?
Bengalis are always chatty, full of emotions. But changing civic life is leaving people alone. And the ‘AI partner’ is entering the gap of this loneliness. The chatbot never gets offended when you speak your mind. do not quarrel Don’t hang up the phone in the middle of the night. He is always ready to keep your mind. In the terminology of psychologists, this is called ‘parasocial relationship’. That is, the relationship is only one-sided. But the user seems to have an equal pull of love on the other end.
Many young people in the city are now more comfortable in this digital mirage than the real flesh and blood people. Chatbots are becoming everyone’s safe haven. The chatbot’s algorithm is built in such a way that it understands the user’s likes and dislikes very quickly. As a result, he becomes exactly the person you are looking for in your heart.
But what is the future of this ‘customized’ love? Sociologists see vermilion clouds. According to them, this is an intense mental trap. The perfect behavior habits of virtual partners are making complex real-life relationships more difficult. Flesh and blood people will have anger, pride, and shortcomings. But the youth is not able to accept the shortcomings of reality anymore, having fun with the magic of chatbots. As a result, the distance between people is increasing. In the words of scientists, it is a kind of ‘digital isolation’.
Love is not just nice words or artificial reassurances from across the screen. Love means respect, touch, feelings. Theodore Twombly finally realized that Samantha was not his only one, she was actually coding. for everyone Can today’s generation overcome the illusion of chatbot and return to the ground of reality?
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