▲ | MattGrommes 4 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
The problem I see is that since the chatbots are so easy to chat with, some people use them before they even try to do the work at getting human companionship. It almost never true that it's impossible for a person to find other people to be friends with or chat with. I've known plenty of people who said they would never find a companion due to X, Y, and Z intractable reasons but who stumbled into strong relationships anyway. A chatbot is "companionship" in the same way candy is food. I think animal companions are a different class than chatbots since they're not trying to be people so I make no comment on those. | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | luckylion 4 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> before they even try to do the work at getting human companionship Why do they have to "do the work" to be deserving of companionship when most of us don't have to do anything because it comes natural to us and we can relatively easily regulate the amount of companionship we want. I fail to see the bad thing. For some people it's either a chatbot (or a dog) or no interaction at all. Should people starve instead of eating at McDonald's because that's "not real food"? | |||||||||||||||||
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