A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem

Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by boh on Saturday August 02, 2025 @05:15PM (#44771555)

People who live on the internet assume this is true because they only deal with people who also live on the internet. Just because we're not all documenting everything that we do to a nebulous public doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Much of what happens in the social world isn't articulated or available for scientific study. You might be surprised to know that bars, clubs, gyms, concerts, trivia nights aren't empty. "In decline" is the sort of state that's can only be articulated in abstract terms. Stop rationalizing your loneliness as a societal ill. Getting to know people is your problem and society offers many solutions.

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by kaashif on Saturday August 02, 2025 @11:30PM (#44773869)

> "In decline" is the sort of state that's can only be articulated in abstract terms.

It absolutely is not. It's very concrete and is a real problem.

In the UK, for example, there's a well documented trend of pubs and clubs shutting as business declines.

And this has real world impacts or causes, the number of people who are single is rising substantially: https://archive.is/kyk2L

This isn't rationalizing personal loneliness as a societal ill. It's noticing a societal ill based on real world effects.

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by password321 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @06:58AM (#44775685)

> In the UK, for example, there's a well documented trend of pubs and clubs shutting as business declines.

Just to be clear, this is a sign of a cultural shift. Pubs are an old English tradition that people aren't interested in as much anymore. They would rather go to a sushi restaurant or go get curry. Same thing has happened with fish and chips shops.

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by sw030695 on Monday August 04, 2025 @02:12AM (#44782562)

Pubs and clubs are declining due to a cultural shift amongst the young. Alcohol isn't cool for the younger generations and a larger cohort of young people can be found in the gym and running around than ever before.

If I was an investing man I'd stick all of my money into Garmin, running shoe companies, gyms and the like.

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by vitaflo on Sunday August 03, 2025 @12:12PM (#44777548)

It's just Reddit leaking into HN. It's the same asinine takes for the chronically online crowd. Nothing will make them happy.

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