New Yorker claims "A.I. companions could end loneliness"

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[–] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    "Subscribe to our service!" "No."

    "Why not?" "...I don't want to."

    "But you have no viable alternative." "I don't care."

    "That... doesn't make any sense!" "Too bad."

    noteScene from Seven Psychopaths.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've got all the runescape gfs I need thanks

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Disagree with the second one.

    You've never seen people dining with photographs / stuffed toys / [other miscellaneous items] ?

    Just use one of those LLMs that talk back to you in real time, give it the voice of your waifu, and put your phone near the photo / animé figurine / pony plushie with conveniently placed hole in the rear and you have a fully interactive evening out with your favourite fictional character!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Lose? I'm going to guess a fuckton of electricity.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If someone is, let's say, "limited enough" for it to be a proper replacement for deep human interaction, then maybe it's not so bad, idk. I haven't met anyone like that yet, though, idk if they exist.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    If someone is ... “limited enough” for it to be a proper replacement for deep human interaction

    That and not going so far that goes past* that point. Even if there would be the slightest benefit**, realism about AI as well as cost (or even hardware need/heat+data of local models) makes it easy to ignore/dismiss.

    * depression, isolation, personality disorders etc

    ** in a way some informational mascot or mental health app may be

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  • There is no ai (yet) and the advocates of llm's are with vanishingly rare exceptions: dslusional, fanatical, and the dumbest mother fuckers on the planet; genuinely stupid enough to make you ask some potentially bleak questions about consciousness personhood and humanity. So we can't be reasonable about it's vanishingly rare use cases. We cant be nuanced about its deployment in society.

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