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I cannot express how deeply disgusted the idea of a chatbot "friend" makes me We're not talking about a sentient machine like Data from Star Trek, we're so so

I cannot express how deeply disgusted the idea of a chatbot "friend" makes me We're not talking about a sentient machine like Data from Star Trek, we're so so far from that still Edit: it's super important to remember that any and all of the big commercially available AI out there are.. commercial. They're owned by companies. Unless you run them on your own hardware someone else is ultimately the owner of your "AI friend". That should be a huge alarm bell in your head. Corporations are not your friends.

optimalsolver 2mo ago
>We're not talking about a sentient machine like Data from Star Trek, we're so so far from that still How can you know how far from, close to, or beyond the line we are? Also, I'm pretty sure Claude understands humans a lot more than Data does.
- Ydarbleoj 2mo ago
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- solid_fuel 2mo ago
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  - senordevnyc 2mo ago
    There is no research disproving sentience, partly because we don’t even know what it is, how it arises, how to measure it, or whether we can even prove that it’s there. For all we know, LLMs might already be fully conscious (I highly doubt it though). So your sneering condescension about their “lack of comprehension” is quite ironic here. That’s without even digging into the fact that there’s no specific reason that “friendship” requires “human sentience”. That’s a requirement you made up, likely because you simply hate LLMs for whatever reason.
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- bluefirebrand 2mo ago
  > How can you know how far from, close to, or beyond the line we are It doesn't matter, as long as they are fully owned and operated by massive corporations, they aren't friends