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Why do they deserve that? To be more explicit, why do some men deserve an "artificial intelligence girlfriend" that they "own and control", that "serves them"?
by squigz 3y ago
Why do they deserve that?
To be more explicit, why do some men deserve an "artificial intelligence girlfriend" that they "own and control", that "serves them"?
- bratbag 3y agoNo, you are asking why people should be allowed to seek happiness without a state or corporate entity using that as a method of control.
- squigz 3y agoWell no I'm not but I appreciate you telling me what I mean.
- bratbag 3y agoYes you are. The question you are asking is defined by the context of what you are replying to. Selectively choosing to only reply to one part of that, in an effort to change the context, in fact changes nothing. In this case 'deserves' was used in the context of someone deserving freedom from state interference.
- joenot443 3y agoWell why don’t you explain what you do mean, then?
- squigz 3y agoWhy don't you re-read what I wrote? I don't think it was a particularly difficult question to understand
- joenot443 3y agoI read it, I thought it was needlessly rhetorical and deliberately argumentative. Not at all constructive conversation, more of a reddit 'gotcha' than anything. In short, I don't think you're being very honest with your intentions, it's a bad look and I'm sure you can do better :)
- squigz 3y agoInteresting. I thought narrator's response was needlessly misogynistic - but I suppose it's easier to ignore that part of the argument and instead try to tell me what I really meant. I wonder if you can do better.
- KronisLV 3y agoI guess one of the problems might be that populations of young and upset men can be quite anti-social and lead to societal issues and harm which are otherwise hard to address, just look at what's occasionally happening in America. Therefore, one could argue that it's better to keep them preoccupied with something (work, sports, other hobbies) as much as possible, though mathematically many of them might never find a partner and that human need for a relationship would go unfulfilled. If that issue might be mitigated somewhat with an LLM that's basically just "smart autocomplete" so they're less miserable, that's probably an okay start. Same as how all sorts of forms of entertainment can keep populations of people more complacent with whatever their life circumstances are, instead of rioting in the streets. As for the ownership and control argument, I wouldn't go as far as to anthropomorphize a computer program, no more than I own a copy of Microsoft Word, or no more than GCC serves me by compiling some code. The wording of the parent comment is a bit interesting, maybe a bit tongue in cheek and hopefully wouldn't get applied in any capacity to real human beings. But I can kind of see the point, even though it's very dystopian: a purpose built LLM might eventually gamify being an adult and taking care of oneself, like having healthy meals and working out in exchange for EXP points (which honestly isn't bad, like how many fitness bands and their apps do this), but with a helping of whatever the party ideology is, in addition to spying on the user a lot, vs something running locally.
- narrator 3y agoThe fun thing about a local LLM is you can tell it you love it and would do anything for it and then you can turn it off and laugh that was just something you did cause you were horny and having a fantasy and nobody is around to even witness it. It's just your own internal mindfuck that's between you and your sexy GPU.
- joenot443 3y agoWhy do people deserve to spend their money on digital products which make them happy? I think a better question to ask is what makes you think they don’t?
- allarm 3y agoThey don’t have to deserve that, it’s a product, they just need to afford that. Why do you deserve your phone?