All the comments like "the problem is not the tech, it's the humans", "those people were self-isolating already", "it's a symptom", etc. are missing the point. AI didn't create the problem, but it makes the problem much worse by making it accessible at all times, making it seem believable, and disconnecting humans from reality (in a fantasy universe where the bot only praises them and succumbs to their every wish) to…
> by making it accessible at all times This already happened, with Instagram and Tinder, though. No AI required. I agree with your analysis, that the accessibility is the issue, but we have been atomizing ourselves through screens for decades now already. I'd argue that this was a significantly larger step than merely replacing the real human at the end of the fake interface with a fake human, because the interface i…
Instagram is primarily one-way consuming vs immediate two-way connections; completely different. Never used Tinder so no idea what that's like.
Having an immediate conversation _at any time_ with a friend/lover (who is completely devoted to you) is not something that was possible with previous tools if for no other reason than the human at the other end may not always be available.