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Good. There are a lot of incredibly lonely people who cause a lot of problems because they're incredibly lonely (not to mention being depressed themselves). Man

Good. There are a lot of incredibly lonely people who cause a lot of problems because they're incredibly lonely (not to mention being depressed themselves). Many of whom seemingly don't care they aren't talking to real humans. I still think real human connection is better than AI, but for these people it's AI or nothing.

cooper_ganglia 3y ago
I think a lack of loneliness is generally good, but I worry that this is just a band-aid on a much larger, deeper societal issue. What about when the only emotional support that some lonely kids have comes from a software powered by a startup, and the company that hosts their AI friend for 5+ years of their lives goes under? They lose the only friend they have in the world because it wasn't profitable enough? Really scary implications if things like this become too normal, imo. We need to fix the foundational problems first.
gustavus 3y ago
That seems to me a lot like someone coming in complaining of pain because they have a broken foot and the dr deciding the best course of action is to just give them some opiods to treat the pain, and sending them on their way. You haven't solved the underlying issue, you haven't dealt with any of the complications you just treat the most visible and troubling symptoms and declare victory.
- dinosaurdynasty 3y ago
  Have you never heard of chronic pain? That's basically what doctors do in a lot of cases (if even)
lawlessone 3y ago
eh not necessarily. https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/10/06/man-encouraged-by-an-ai-chatbot-to-assassinate-queen-elizabeth-ii-receives-9-year-prison-s https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/10/06/man-encouraged-by-a... "A Star Wars fanatic who was encouraged by a chatbot "girlfriend" to assassinate British monarch Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday."

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Good. There are a lot of incredibly lonely people who cause a lot of problems because they're incredibly lonely (not to mention being depressed themselves). Man

by armchairhacker 3y ago

cooper_ganglia 3y ago
I think a lack of loneliness is generally good, but I worry that this is just a band-aid on a much larger, deeper societal issue. What about when the only emotional support that some lonely kids have comes from a software powered by a startup, and the company that hosts their AI friend for 5+ years of their lives goes under? They lose the only friend they have in the world because it wasn't profitable enough? Really scary implications if things like this become too normal, imo. We need to fix the foundational problems first.
gustavus 3y ago
That seems to me a lot like someone coming in complaining of pain because they have a broken foot and the dr deciding the best course of action is to just give them some opiods to treat the pain, and sending them on their way. You haven't solved the underlying issue, you haven't dealt with any of the complications you just treat the most visible and troubling symptoms and declare victory.
- dinosaurdynasty 3y ago
  Have you never heard of chronic pain? That's basically what doctors do in a lot of cases (if even)
lawlessone 3y ago
eh not necessarily. https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/10/06/man-encouraged-by-an-ai-chatbot-to-assassinate-queen-elizabeth-ii-receives-9-year-prison-s https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/10/06/man-encouraged-by-a... "A Star Wars fanatic who was encouraged by a chatbot "girlfriend" to assassinate British monarch Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday."