silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoMeet My A.I. Friends | Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down116cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkMeet My A.I. Friends | Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareWalnutLum@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoI feel like this is going to be where I disconnect in a major way from our childrens’ generation. They’re likely going to find it completely normal to have an LLM as a friend and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to bring myself around to that.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-26 months agoDid you forgot about Tamagotchi? It would just be the next iteration of that. Kids aren’t that stupid, in my experience. My son knew at 6 years old that the voice coming out of our Google Home speakers is fake.
I feel like this is going to be where I disconnect in a major way from our childrens’ generation.
They’re likely going to find it completely normal to have an LLM as a friend and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to bring myself around to that.
Did you forgot about Tamagotchi? It would just be the next iteration of that.
Kids aren’t that stupid, in my experience. My son knew at 6 years old that the voice coming out of our Google Home speakers is fake.