It is a metaphor, not a representation.

What it is saying is that structural qualitative improvement holds out longer and will give better results compared to trying to improve as fast as possible regardless of quality.

Kind of.

*reminiscent

Loving a bot will prevent people from experiencing real love.

Nobody is loneliness-shaming. It is shaming the use of AI to get rid of the loneliness.

Using AI to get rid of loneliness will only amplify their loneliness.