I’ve been seeing ChatGPT ads recently that, I think, are trying to position their AI as something old lonely people can talk to when they have nobody else in their lives. It’s really quite sad.
I heard a podcast (maybe This American Life) that spent time with a woman out in the sticks, physically no longer able to be active, all kids many hours away, who was given one of these by her local fire department. She had been scoring lower and lower on cognitive tests for several years, and after getting this thing she reversed that trend. It was creepy, and her kids didn’t like it, but it was there and her kids were not, and it clearly had improved her quality of life. It’s sad she didn’t have human connections in her daily life, but given her circumstances, the thing had upside.
I’ve been seeing ChatGPT ads recently that, I think, are trying to position their AI as something old lonely people can talk to when they have nobody else in their lives. It’s really quite sad.
I heard a podcast (maybe This American Life) that spent time with a woman out in the sticks, physically no longer able to be active, all kids many hours away, who was given one of these by her local fire department. She had been scoring lower and lower on cognitive tests for several years, and after getting this thing she reversed that trend. It was creepy, and her kids didn’t like it, but it was there and her kids were not, and it clearly had improved her quality of life. It’s sad she didn’t have human connections in her daily life, but given her circumstances, the thing had upside.
I’m old and alone, but there’s no fucking way I’m going to talk a machine. Because, then I’d be old, alone, AND pitiful.
You can always talk to us lemmings
Hey here youre talking to real people at least!
… probably.