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The question I would have is what the long term consequence is. I can completely believe there's a real benefit over weeks to months. I've experienced this myse
by zmmmmm 2y ago
The question I would have is what the long term consequence is. I can completely believe there's a real benefit over weeks to months. I've experienced this myself in using a chatbot to talk through career decisions. It was nothing but helpful in prompting me to think through all aspects my decision and how I felt about each part of it.
But I wonder what happens when that translates to years and people find they are sinking their emotional connection into something that ultimately is not able to relate to their life experience. Such as when an older person forms a relationship with someone dramatically younger than them. I can imagine there being severe consequences when someone falls of a cliff and suddenly transitions to seeing the emotional connection they have invested in over many years as being shallow and meaningless (whether it is those things is almost a philosophical argument - but the risk comes from the shift in perception).
There are also very obvious risks to mitigate. What happens when your life long AI friend tells you it's time to go? or supports your inner instinct to refuse treatment or not to take the medication prescribed by your doctor?
- candiddevmike 2y agoEverything you described can apply to humans, too. We don't "mitigate" these risks in meat space, why would we need to with AI?
- andersa 2y agoUnlike with a real person, where you only find this out much later, here you know the connection is shallow and meaningless from the start. That seems like an upgrade! Now you can have fun with no consequences.
- soco 2y agoPeople develop connections over OnlyFans, how's that not just as shallow? We are suckers for affection and forget easily how easily faked it is.
- adamredwoods 2y ago>> I can imagine there being severe consequences when someone falls of a cliff and suddenly transitions to seeing the emotional connection they have invested in over many years as being shallow and meaningless Some interesting points. For this specific one, I also think of this with time-invested video games, things like Minecraft, World of Warcraft, etc. Do people suddenly stop playing video games when confronted with life-altering perspective shifts? I don't know. >> or supports your inner instinct to refuse treatment or not to take the medication prescribed by your doctor? Real people do this, too (i.e. homeopathic medicine), but I suspect an AI would less likely to do this. Might be an interesting experiment.