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A lot of people don't have that many friends. I forget the average but it is in fact absurdly low, at least for Americans. There are a lot of reasons for this (
by enraged_camel 5mo ago
A lot of people don't have that many friends. I forget the average but it is in fact absurdly low, at least for Americans. There are a lot of reasons for this (e.g. erosion and disappearance of "third place" spaces, rise of social media, etc.) but the circumstances have essentially been ripe for something like AI to come in and fill the gap, and it is.
- swatcoder 5mo agoThe article is specifically about a strategy to improve on that (or rather a satirical exposé on how AI answers are the next spiral down into isolation).
- gbanfalvi 5mo agoAnd you don't think AI is going to make these things worse? Even if you only have 3 friends, talk to them, hang out, do stuff with them.
- jimbokun 5mo ago> A lot of people don't have that many friends. Start there.
- jjulius 5mo agoExactly. It's not an overnight process, it takes work, but there's tremendous value in true community.