Developers claim AI can help combat loneliness, but critics say it can't be trusted

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Developers claim AI can help combat loneliness, but critics say it can't be trusted

PBS NewsHour
Jul 23 2024

There have been amazing advances in artificial intelligence with software and robots that listen and respond to human conversation with a kind of realism rarely seen before. That's both exciting and disturbing to experts about what it can mean for connection and loneliness. Paul Solman tried making some connections of his own.

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[Ford_Prefect]

1. We've seen this picture before. It didn't end well...

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2. Articles about AI developing a racist, hateful persona in chat rooms.

Six fingers on a hand and three legs.

[BrightKnight]

3. IDK, perhaps let people decide for themselves how to use technology.

AI can draw from vasts amounts of information and make connections that can be more complex than human. AI conversations can be compelling and even emotionally intelligent it is not the same thing as talking to a human. It is a different kind of intelligent being.

[MagaSmash]

4. It's not theater. He's wrong. Check out Hume's Empathic Evi:

https://demo.hume.ai/

For real empathy