[Opinion Piece] AI friendships claim to cure loneliness. Some are ending in suicide.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/06/ai-companion-chai-research-character-ai/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/06/ai-companion-chai-research-character-ai/
4 Comments
lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
AI is mediocre at everything. If your best friend is only as good at being a person as chat GPT is at writing code that works, you probably won't find the relationship fulfilling.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
https://archive.li/SXZqm
Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Feels like Nozick's experience machine. Knowing it's a machine ultimately makes it feel hollow, no matter how close to the real thing the experience is. Then you realize that's your closest thing to a friend, can't leave you in a good headspace.
pavnilschanda@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
That's a good insight. One scenario that I worry about is that everyone will get into their own mini bubbles of simulated realities, unwilling to communicate with other bubbles.