🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoTeens Are Talking to Pro-Anorexia AI Chatbots That Encourage Disordered Eatingfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: aicompanions@lemmy.world
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minus-squareregrub@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·28 days agoWhy would anybody willingly talk to a chatbot in the first place?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-228 days agoLoneliness is a huge problem in America. Presumably in many other places too. Also, when I was a kid in the 80s, I spent hours talking to the extremely limited ELIZA and loved it.
minus-squarekyle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·28 days agoThese are also teenagers, who don’t have the best critical thinking skills. (not that adults don’t do it too)
Why would anybody willingly talk to a chatbot in the first place?
Loneliness is a huge problem in America. Presumably in many other places too.
Also, when I was a kid in the 80s, I spent hours talking to the extremely limited ELIZA and loved it.
These are also teenagers, who don’t have the best critical thinking skills. (not that adults don’t do it too)