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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by RamblingCTO on Saturday August 02, 2025 @10:12AM (#44767799)
100%. There's always the layer of hormones, chemicals, touch, electric fields, and whatnot that also entails human contact. Mirror neurons. Stuff like that. It's like replacing a partner with a sex doll. I'm a bit sad that the author didn't have a take on the cheap reproduction of human contact and how it's connected to our broader culture and instead thinks about a non-solution to one of the issues that causes a lot of other bigger problems we're facing.
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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by nathan_compton on Saturday August 02, 2025 @03:55PM (#44770838)
But I'm not even talking about that. While I think embodied AI would probably improve the illusion and might help some people, the fundamental issue is that loneliness can only be alleviated by an entity that can judge you as unworthy of their attention and time. If you build a robot specifically to give someone positive regard it actually isn't giving positive regard because it has no choice.

While there are basic elements of human interaction which robots could provide, the need to have the actual approval of members of your actual community of their own free will and volition cannot be "outsourced" to an entity without agency.

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by waaaaaaaaahhhh on Saturday August 02, 2025 @07:49PM (#44772764)
"Loneliness can only be alleviated by an entity that can judge"...won't say your wrong, but does that include for you: "An entity that gives you food for thought"?

Or as a well more philosophic-Question (call it an oldie): "Needed existence to substain sustaining the saints?"

OT: There once was a saying that while talking to god a lot people became angry, asked by god "Angry for what?" so the people answered, "Angry about you god...", "cos been angry about the people around sometimes..." So god answered: "Like you i also become angry about the people sometimes" and those listening Crowd, knowed from in there, "That was the reason for why god didn't showed up most of the time ?"

Saying "...let me alone!" ?

and if that couldn't be "confussier"... P-:

(still reading)

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