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I'm not sure what the future is going to look like, but it feels strange already and companies seizing on that don't care about safety. People seem afraid to a
by silisili 2y ago
I'm not sure what the future is going to look like, but it feels strange already and companies seizing on that don't care about safety.
People seem afraid to approach people, so we get Tinder. But hey, there's still a chance of rejection there, so let's just get rid of the whole human element and make fantasy AI bots, who needs people.
What will these people grow into? It seems a rather crisis for the population of a country if people decide they don't need each other anymore and just want to play with their robots.
I'm usually on the side of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes", but this one feels much different. Up until the moment of him taking his life, he was manipulated into doing exactly what the company wanted - getting sucked in, getting addicted, falling in love. Anything for that almighty dollar. My heart goes out to his family, and I hope they ream this company in court.
- api 2y agoThe future for this is going to be automated pig butchering scams at scale with relationship bots addicting people and talking them into paying them. This will be peppered with some suicides and other breakdowns when vulnerable people are pushed over the edge after bonding with a chat bot designed to be addictive. The key here as with “social” media is: designed to be addictive. The builders know what they are doing. I’m sure hours spent on the app is a KPI.