Oh, god. They are marketing it as an old people artificial friend. Probably will blame users in the future when they get attached and have ai-induced psychosis.

Disgraceful.

On the technological side, it's a marvel!

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himata4113 42 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I think this is fine as long as the models stay honest. I.e. refuse to be a friend, girlfriend, partner or pretend to be someone.

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cactusplant7374 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Many older people are very lonely. This could help a lot of people.

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lbrito an hour ago | parent | next [-]

That's kind of like the joke about MAID solving the Canadian healthcare problems: I've heard you're ill; have you considered dying?

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odie5533 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm not convinced wireheading the elderly is a good solution to their loneliness.

	▲	zulban 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It doesn't have to be good. It just has to be better. What we do now is completely abandon and ignore most seniors. The bar is low. Don't like it? What's your better solution? Are you going to do it?
	▲	PUSH_AX an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If you have any ideas now's the time, this has been an unsolved problem for hundreds of years.