I loved the movie, “Her”. Given a choice to have a human or a machine companion, like in Her, I think I would go for the machine. A tweakable, omnipresent listener. Someone who will actually listen to all the bullshit in your head and produce intelligent informed response based on facts and scientific evidence. Human friends have the limitation of being “too human”.
The only beauty I see in believing in a benevolent God is that you get to have an open conversation with him. He knows you inside out. I love that, even though I am an atheist. Listening to someone without judging them, however insane they are, is one of the most valuable qualities in the world. I think a machine can easily give me this, without the obvious human limitations. Can’t wait for this to be a reality in a few years.