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> Loneliness was a problem, but loneliness had a solution, and the solution was conversation. But don’t talk with your elders, and not with the front desk, and
by lapcat 2y ago
> Loneliness was a problem, but loneliness had a solution, and the solution was conversation. But don’t talk with your elders, and not with the front desk, and certainly not with the man on the corner, though he might know where the pizza is. (“Noise-canceling is great, especially if you live urban,” said the earbuds guy. “There’s a lot of world out there.”) Idle chitchat was a snag in daily living. We’d rather slip through the world as silent as a burglar, seen by no one except our devices.
Under the guise of 24/7 "connectedness", we've become more disconnected than ever from other people. AI is just the next step in this technological dystopia: you'll never have to talk to another person, indeed won't be allowed to talk to another person.
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- SamBam 2y agoAgreed. I think that chatbots will be like a short circuit to the brain's centers that seek out socialization, making one part of the brain happy to keep up the stimulus by chatting away, while the rest of the brain shriveles into loneliness with the lack of actual human connections.
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoThat's certainly one possible outcome, though you could argue that talking to bots is like walking on a treadmill, it seems less satisfying somehow, though you are getting some exercise clearly... (but couldn't you just go outside?)
- malloryerik 2y agoYou might enjoy reading Iain McGilchrist.
- juanani 2y ago[dead]