The AI grind often leaves workers with plenty of cash but not enough time, and chatbots can't fill the void.

Paying an escort to spend time with you certainly doesn’t come with the same sacrifices as an organic relationship. And, unlike chatbots, “nerdy escorts” are real people who can provide human perspectives on things like AI, crypto and economics instead of just echoing back a tech worker’s thoughts on such subjects.

  • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    78·
    1 month ago

    real people who can provide human perspectives on things like AI, crypto and economics instead of just echoing back a tech worker’s thoughts on such subjects.

    I doubt these guys are paying someone $6k/hr to disagree with them.

    • Corngood@lemmy.mlEnglish
      101·
      1 month ago

      Yeah for sure. Echoing their thoughts is exactly what they want. They just want good acting skills.

  • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    39·
    1 month ago

    Its funny how to many the whole concept seems new, but to me it’s just the topics and price range.

    Escorts, and strippers have been entertaining patrons with intellectual conversations probally for as long as the second oldest profession has been around.

      • moustachio@lemmy.worldEnglish
        512·
        1 month ago

        The irony of your comment might kill me.

        You know crypto doesn’t just mean coins… right? It’s a whole concept that applies to lots of things outside of cryptocurrency.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          153·
          1 month ago

          That would be general purpose cryptography, and is never abbreviated to crypto.

          • timochka@lemmy.zipEnglish
            5·
            1 month ago

            I mean, it was before Bitcoin came along.

            It’s rather like the hacker/cracker(defunct) thing.

          • moustachio@lemmy.worldEnglish
            32·
            1 month ago

            “Crypto” can encompass things that aren’t “coins” though—like land deeds. It’s just a protocol to secure & verify ownership in a decentralized way.

            My point is, the actual concept of it absolutely could be an intellectual conversation. Their confidently ignorant quip about what qualifies is silly.

    • timochka@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      Ahh, I fell hard in love for a full 24hrs with a dancer from Miami in London Stringfellows a few decades ago… She had the looks and body of Grace Jones and was studying Computing at UCL.

      Nothing but admiration. I hope she graduated and has a fine career.

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Seriously. I actually did some male escorting for a little in college. It’s mostly just conversation. I can count the amount of times it was sexual on one hand.

  • Repple (she/her)@lemmy.worldEnglish
    413·
    1 month ago

    I’m a woman engineer and for that kind of money might be able to stomach this (not that I’m anywhere near attractive enough for them to hire me), but I’m pretty sure if I were attractive enough and got hired they would probably only last a few minutes before I completely emasculated them by actually knowing what the fuck I’m talking about.

    Sounds pretty fun, actually, now that I think about it… as long as I didn’t need to fuck them

  • ruuster13@lemmy.zipEnglish
    35·
    1 month ago

    See, everyone? The market will provide jobs for all the junior devs that get laid (off) because of AI.

  • KingKong33@lemmy.mlEnglish
    311·
    1 month ago

    Fucking pathetic that with all bullshit about how elite they are, and how they deserve so much more than the rest of us, they have to fucking pay someone to spend time with them.

  • Miller@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    People with the sort of knowledge that can stand real conversational scrutiny will just be versions of the people paying them that have failed to find their way. My guess this would not be about real discourse but gloating about serendipity which is ultimately unsettling and sets up the next visit.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    Got these people are inept. They are multi-millionaires and yet they still need to pay girls money to talk to them. If they were just moderately pleasant and approachable not only would they save $6,000 they would also probably have a nice life.