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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by saltwatercowboy on Sunday August 03, 2025 @06:34AM (#44775566)
Your attitude is sadly widespread in tech. I don't know if it's because of rejection, or fear, or something else, but we really are nothing more than the social world we live in. Substituting that for a theoretically perfect AI 'companion' is hollow and destructive. It's like watching the movie 'Her' and thinking - wow, that looks great.
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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by zwnow on Sunday August 03, 2025 @07:20AM (#44775795)
I dont use AI for social interaction, I'd feel like a loser if I did that. But I also have a lot of trust issues with regular humans as I got disappointed over and over again. Didn't try to connect with people for over 10 years now.
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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by saltwatercowboy on Sunday August 03, 2025 @08:00AM (#44775953)
Well, you seem nice enough to me.
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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by mulmen on Sunday August 03, 2025 @02:14PM (#44778472)
Is this sarcasm?

Do you actually know the person you are replying to or are you just saying what you think they want or need to hear? How does this differentiate you from an LLM from the perspective of a reader?

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Re:A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem by saltwatercowboy on Monday August 11, 2025 @08:36AM (#44863477)
I was just trying to be nice as my first comment might have read as rude. I didn't want to contribute to someone feeling lonely. For your last question... you could look at my profile?
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