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I'm sorry but your take is just too stupid to ignore, and I apologize in advance because ad hominem is not my goal. I'll boil this down to the simplest possibl

I'm sorry but your take is just too stupid to ignore, and I apologize in advance because ad hominem is not my goal. I'll boil this down to the simplest possible explanation of why your statement is idiotic -- children who are trained to prefer AI, will never learn how to form friendships with their peers (aka other children, who won't always give perfectly timed emotional responses or always be calm or always answer what they need to hear). Other children are not able to "rethink their behavior" yet because they are children still. A world in which, I ask my child "do you want to play with Timmy next door, or stay inside and play with Alexa/Siri/etc." and my child always prefers to pick Alexa, is one of the most dystopian outcomes I could possibly imagine for childrearing. Forming friendships and human connections is a skill. Learning new skills is hard and not always fun. A soothing AI companion that always says what you want to hear, is going to trap children in a dopamine loop that prevents that kind of social skill development from ever happening.

wiseowise 1y ago
AI replaces piece of shit adults that surround them, not other children.
- strgcmc 1y ago
  That's very naive. AI replaces any and all "less fun" forms of interaction, for children who are too undeveloped to appreciate any goal/metric besides "fun". Meeting new unfamiliar kids is not fun, ergo kids will fallback to the known-safe, comfortable, fun companion that is AI. If you believe the argument makes enough sense to justify replacing adults, then why do you think children will still want to play with each other, instead of just playing with AI? If anything, other children are MORE likely to display shitty behaviors than adults, given that you know, they're fucking children who don't know any better. Have you spent any time around children?
  - wiseowise 1y ago
    > Have you spent any time around children? I’ve spent years being one.
    - strgcmc 1y ago
      Years ago back when there was no AI biasing your interactions with other children... The entire argument is that the new generations don't have the same opportunity to form friendships in an unfettered way like you did in your childhood, because of the pervasive influence of AI that didn't exist during your own childhood.

wiseowise 1y ago

AI replaces piece of shit adults that surround them, not other children.

strgcmc 1y ago
That's very naive. AI replaces any and all "less fun" forms of interaction, for children who are too undeveloped to appreciate any goal/metric besides "fun". Meeting new unfamiliar kids is not fun, ergo kids will fallback to the known-safe, comfortable, fun companion that is AI. If you believe the argument makes enough sense to justify replacing adults, then why do you think children will still want to play with each other, instead of just playing with AI? If anything, other children are MORE likely to display shitty behaviors than adults, given that you know, they're fucking children who don't know any better. Have you spent any time around children?
- wiseowise 1y ago
  > Have you spent any time around children? I’ve spent years being one.
  - strgcmc 1y ago
    Years ago back when there was no AI biasing your interactions with other children... The entire argument is that the new generations don't have the same opportunity to form friendships in an unfettered way like you did in your childhood, because of the pervasive influence of AI that didn't exist during your own childhood.