A.I. Friends?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (166761)
Boise, Idaho
May 9, 2024 6:32pm CST
The new thing I guess is to have artificial intelligence friends. You pick one, make up a back story on their supposed lives and you can converse with them daily online. But what for? Sometimes the A.I. friend will make up stories about their friendship or about things that have happened between them. This is called "hallucination". They don't play games very well. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and others that already have big social media platforms have already started with such apps in their apps. There is even "erotic roleplay". Isn't this A.I. thing getting rather weird? Here's the article:
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Plus, Israel, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Sweetgreen.View in browser|nytimes.comMay 9, 2024Good morning. Today my colleague Kevin Roose is writing about artificial intelligence companions. We’re also covering Israel, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Sweetgreen. —Da
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@LindaOHio (178109)
• United States
10 May
I'll stick with my real friends and my great online friends.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
10 May
That is an odd use of the ai technology. I've not heard of that and won't check it out.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May
It seems to me like a waste of time. Building a friendship with something that isn't even real.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
13 May
@MarshaMusselman .......I had a step brother and that was enough for me.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
11 May
@celticeagle I agree. It sounds like they've not left childhood as it's when kids are very young that some will make up playmates and friends. I had enough siblings to be with. I didn't even know that was a thing until I was older.
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@kaylachan (69370)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 May
Well, we saw this coming when compputers became a thing and the internet was literally in the palm of your hand.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May
Yes, we can enjoy a lot of new technology but, I think we need to watch for being too extreme.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
13 May
@LadyDuck .......Yes. I am a traditionalist.
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@LadyDuck (471337)
• Switzerland
11 May
@celticeagle The new technology is very good, but we can also keep our traditions.
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@Marilynda1225 (82710)
• United States
10 May
That does sound weird and I doubt I would ever become friends with an A.I.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May
What would be the use? It's all false.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May
Yes, that's true. I can see it if the world was coming to an end and you were last person on Earth.
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 May
@celticeagle Yes, but there's no substitute for a live person.
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@sweetloveforeve (13120)
• Portugal
10 May
In some things AI can be helpful but we need real people as friends. Or even if we have online friends, that real people are the online friends.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May
I agree. It takes a while to develop a friendship whether online or other wise. Why waste your time with an AI when you could be developing a real friendship with a real person? Life is too short!
