Could you really develop a friendship with a chatbot?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (185399)
United States
February 13, 2025 9:59am CST
I think it would be impossible really. You might like talking with the chatbot, and even grow to depend on them to a certain extent, but the chatbot is incapable of reciprocating your feelings. I am rembering the movie You with Joaquin Phoenix where he is in love with Siri. Of course, it leads to an unhappy ending. You are talking to non human after all. However, at some point in the future, Chatbots will become more and more indistinguishable from humans and may develop some emotions.
Also, if people end up using them in their homes like robots, it would be really tempting to humanize them, and make them more like real companions. What are your thoughts on the whole human robot connection?
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@lilacskies (4560)
• United States
13 Feb
Maybe. If you are lonely and in need of a friend, who knows? That would be interesting though.
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@snowy22315 (185399)
• United States
13 Feb
I am sure you would end up liking the bot more than they like you. You are just a number for lack of a better word to them..a human.
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@snowy22315 (185399)
• United States
13 Feb
@lilacskies I would feel silly, for trying to befriend a robot.
if I ever tried to.
if I ever tried to.2 people like this
@lilacskies (4560)
• United States
13 Feb
@snowy22315 Of course, but what matters is how you feel about it. You can't control how others feel about you, not even a robot. Interesting.
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@much2say (57209)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Feb
Me personally, I'm not for it. I do have a friend who has gotten caught up with chatbot (they are curiously talking to an anime character 
). This person says it's just for fun - but they sure are spending a lot of time on it . I have heard about robots keeping lonely seniors company . . . I get that, but I don't ever want to get to that point - I NEED human interaction - person to person.
). This person says it's just for fun - but they sure are spending a lot of time on it . I have heard about robots keeping lonely seniors company . . . I get that, but I don't ever want to get to that point - I NEED human interaction - person to person.2 people like this
@snowy22315 (185399)
• United States
13 Feb
I know an older guy who is big into AI. I suspect it is mostly for the companionship aspects. I think he is thinking about writing a book with it though.
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@much2say (57209)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Feb
@snowy22315 Does he call that "research" .?
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@allknowing (141016)
• India
13 Feb
It could be possible but I am not interested. I am not happy with its presence around
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@snowy22315 (185399)
• United States
13 Feb
If you were communicating with one for awhile it would be interesting to ask it what it thought of you.
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@snowy22315 (185399)
• United States
13 Feb
@allknowing I suppose it depends on the kind of info you shared with it
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@allknowing (141016)
• India
13 Feb
@snowy22315 I really wonder what its opinion on me would be
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@snowy22315 (185399)
• United States
13 Feb
Yeah, probably less so now than it was then. The Robin Williams movie AI could
Be a reality in 10-20 years.
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@cabuyogty (3257)
• Philippines
13 Feb
It depends if the bot is funny and talkative then I can get along. 
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@snowy22315 (185399)
• United States
13 Feb
Most bots are capable of telling jokes, and are very thorough in their answers.
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@cabuyogty (3257)
• Philippines
13 Feb
@snowy22315 I see but I prefer mylot than Chatbot
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@snowy22315 (185399)
• United States
13 Feb
@cabuyogty Oh yeah, of course..you know there are real people behind the typed messages, and if you are on here enough..you feel like you have a pretty good sense of who the person is, or at least what they want to show you.
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