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Do we think a Boyfriend version will ever come along? Interesting that I've seen so much talk about AI girlfriends but there's a quiet assumption that straight women won't be interested in this technology. Is that correct?
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People already have unhealthy parasocial relationships with influencers. It seems clear that people (lonely/depressed people especially) will overdose on this sort of thing once it is developed, commercialised, and less bleeding edge. It's vapour filling the place of human connection. It's stevia. It's not going to give you cancer, but it's still unhealthy and will certainly exceed the parameters of entertainment.
> People already have unhealthy parasocial relationships with influencers. At least if they switch from parasocial relationships with influencers to parasocial relationships with open source bots they won't be financially exploited by the influencers. GPT doesn't have anything to sell us.
Lol ...(worth the downvotes).
Just you wait and see.
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I think of it as simply entertainment. It won't replace real human interaction with a partner but it's a fun consequence free environment. Tv shows act out dramatic scenes that would be traumatic and have real consequences if you experienced them in real life, but on the screen you get to play around with the idea in your head in a safe area and maybe learn something in the process.
My idea too. I hope people can use it to cure their loneliness in the short term and train their social skills in a safe environment so they are more confident.
> Memories: Soon, the AI will have the capability to remember past interactions, improving conversational context and depth. Not sure if this is a good idea. You say something wrong one time and whenever there’s an argument she will bring it up again.
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For me, asking something on the Internet, like on stackoverflow is usually, the very last option. I am too afraid to get ridiculed for it or get scolded for not having put enough effort in my question that already feels more as a thesis. Maybe this is just me and this does not reflect reality but I do have the nagging feeling I a bother somebody with it and it gives a bit of stress. Not so with ChatGPT, I can just as…
> Maybe this is just me and this does not reflect reality but I do have the nagging feeling I a bother somebody with it and it gives a bit of stress. It's not just you. I'm the same way myself - and was since I can remember. On Internet boards, I very rarely ask questions. I answer, or post tangential thoughts, but don't bother people with questions unless I really need the answer, and exhausted the ways of finding i…
Due to chat gpt I am less likely to go to the forum to look for things to answer. So I assume this will be bad for both people asking questions and looking for answers.
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People already have unhealthy parasocial relationships with influencers. It seems clear that people (lonely/depressed people especially) will overdose on this sort of thing once it is developed, commercialised, and less bleeding edge. It's vapour filling the place of human connection. It's stevia. It's not going to give you cancer, but it's still unhealthy and will certainly exceed the parameters of entertainment.
> It's stevia. Go on…
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My idea too. I hope people can use it to cure their loneliness in the short term and train their social skills in a safe environment so they are more confident.
It won’t work for training social skills unless the agent has self interest and competing priorities. These chat bots have been optimized for helpful assistance. Interaction with that kind of compliance on the other side will probably make your social skills much worse.
I'm very torn on this. On one hand, I think that personalized OSS AIs are the future from a pure utility perspective, and it will inevitably be "more fun" for them to have personalities. I also think that if someone is deriving joy from something and not harming anyone else, who I am to judge them. On the other, I've already found myself asking ChatGPT questions that I would have asked on a forum/discord or even a co…
Did you go to the library or ask your parents stuff growing up, or did you google it?
Do you order in, get amazon delivery, watch netflix?
Our generation has already become like that.