FarraigePlaisteach comments on When I read about dialogues with AI, where people try to get life advice, support, and therapy from the algorithm, I'm reminded of this photograph.

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Does anyone know the name of this monkey or experiment? It’s kind of harrowing seeing the expression on its face. It looks desperate for affection to the point of dissociation.

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[–] miraclerandy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here’s a video for context https://youtu.be/-Qi7txH1KzY

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[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago

Absolute horror.

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[–] nocklobster@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The experiment was done by harry harlow, but I don’t think the name of the monkey was given, could have just been a number :(

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much. I’ve found a Wikipedia page on him and his research so I’ll give it a read. The poor money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Harlow

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