Loneliness is driving the development of creepy AI ‘companionship’ - Gript
gript.ie
JASON OSBORNE: That hunger for relationships that once would have been poured into the search for people to relate to is now being poured into a mindless mirror and so is being silenced - for a time.

A new product called ‘Friend’ is an AI companion that you wear as a pendant or clip on your clothes. It can listen to you and send text responses to your phone, kind of like having an imaginary friend. The creator says you can narrate your day to Friend and it feels like you have company. However, the author is worried that lonely people will become too attached to Friend instead of making real human connections. The author thinks AI companions like Friend are no replacement for real relationships and human interaction, even if some very lonely people turn to them out of desperation. While an AI can mimic conversation, it cannot truly understand and connect with you the way another person can.

by Claude 3.5 Sonnet

  • kamenLady.
    4•3 months ago

    It will never replace human interaction, but maybe, for those that would otherwise end up living their life without any kind of relationship, maybe for those or could be an alternative kind of interaction.

    There are people, who go through life alone, for whatever reason - interaction is interaction. It will never replace anything, but may offer an alternative way to be able to at least interact.