Comment on AI girlfriend bots are already flooding OpenAI’s GPT store

werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No one gets hurt, 300 simulated penises.

  I would argue that a continuous state of isolation, bolstered by shoddy simulations of human interaction, that we treat as a stand in to real human contact and expression, is going to hurt a whole lot of people in the long run.

  It all just feels like some 18th century Libertarian looking at an opium den full of washed out dope-heads and saying “Look at how happy they are! There’s no such thing as an opium crisis, because its all voluntary and the end result is profound bliss.”

  The gay community needs to step up it’s simulation…

  The gay community doesn’t need simulation precisely because it is rich with enthusiastic socially active and eager individuals. The NEET community needs simulations because they’ve fallen victim to their own anxieties, failed to develop strong social skills, and alienated themselves from everyone else in their lives who might provide them with the experiences they’re seeking a rough approximation of in simulation.

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  • crimsonpoodle@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I would say the following things would help:

    •	Rethink the way our cities are built and reduce the ratio of work to weekends so that people can find time and have ease in going to spaces where they can interact with others socially.
    
    •	Allow for the construction of third spaces, especially for adolescents. Seriously, as a teenager in the 2010s, the amount of surveillance and regulation by parents and schools was kinda insane. It pushes teenagers online, as it’s the one place where they tend to have an edge on their elders enough to break free from it. (And it also normalizes invasions of privacy by corporations.)
    
    •	Withhold judgment by mass public opinion for minor transgressions. We have all said things that make us cringe at ourselves down the line when we think of them, or even when reminded of the perhaps more innocent action of simply looking foolish. It is little wonder, then, that people, already socially withered from lack of experience, shy away from the very actions that might give them confidence when faced with the potential for public immortalization of these acts via the internet.
    
    •	Regulate platforms to reduce the existing profitability of addiction. It is no contest when the largest companies spend billions and employ thousands to keep their users under their thrall. The only recourse for the individual is to join in group action to wield the power of government for the public good.
    

    While by no means an exhaustive list, I feel as though if we follow the steps of RAWR, we can at least make an incremental improvement.

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    • tjsauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Damnit I didn’t see the acronym till the end 😂

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