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Not everyone can or will develop those relationships though. There are people who have mental or physical limitations that make that difficult or impossible, an
by grammerguy 3y ago
Not everyone can or will develop those relationships though. There are people who have mental or physical limitations that make that difficult or impossible, and companion chat bots could be really helpful to them. It could even give them the tools needed to form “real “relationships down the road.
- lacrimacida 3y agoThose chatbots will only pull them deeper into an isolated bubble with all sorts of distortions manipulable by tech giants. Are we ready to deal with all that?
- SamoyedFurFluff 3y agoPeople say this but i actually don’t think chatbots can provide tools to help form real relationships until they model the kind of behaviors that fundamentally make it hard to form relationships. Chatbots need to be unavailable at inopportune times, have moods that are affected by more than just the person talking to them, take their time in forgiving slights, etc. Even therapists consider it valuable to therapy that you don’t get to talk to your therapist 24/7. The ability to sit with your issues independently is important— just as important is the ability to not freak out when a friend doesn’t text you back asap.
- candiodari 3y agoOn the other hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDFzOjw0pFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDFzOjw0pFU
- JohnFen 3y agoI don't see how they could be actually helpful except perhaps as a tool used under the care of a therapist. At best, it would be like giving someone a morphine drip for pain rather than doing anything to actually heal the condition causing the pain. It may sound good, but it may also be an active disincentive to addressing their real issue.