For me it's a second order knock-on effect of that: desocialisation of humans and all that comes with it. As I wrote yesterday: > AI will claim it is socialis

For me it's a second order knock-on effect of that: desocialisation of humans and all that comes with it. As I wrote yesterday: > AI will claim it is socialisation, and people will believe it. Chatbots and their enthusiasts will claim they're just as meaningful and valid as in-person human socialisation, and will actually make every much, much worse. > But as a former secondary school teacher, I can already tell you a lot of these kids don't know how to socialise. They have no concept of empathy or of there being real people out there. All their socialisation is pretty much done only through their phones, and it's not good for them at all. I was like that myself - very shut-in type guy from about 13-16 even though I did have friends and school to help, and I still find myself struggling with a lot of social cues and stuff that I should've been developing then. I'm not looking forward to that, and the problems that it will bring to human behaviour and mental health. I have friends now who are already prey to it, which is ironic as they're the most gung-ho on AI tech too, thinking it'll solve the problem as opposed to exacerbating or masking it with a thin veneer that is nothing like the real thing. I'm seriously worried, and really leaning towards an anti-tech stance in general now.