Google (the search engine) didn’t do shit in regards to human connections. There are a ton of other factors playing a role in societal atomisation and the loneliness epidemic such as algorithmic social media, awful design of cities and housing, gobsmackingly bad zoning laws and a society/culture aimed firmly at performance and competition.
Having direct access to information (specifically shouting out Wikipedia here, they’re the GOATs of the internet) and the ability to find people you vibe with even when your whole local environment is an echo-chamber (especially important to minorities) did contribute to bringing us closer together, reducing mental barriers and advancing proper education. Those things aren’t an issue at all, it’s for-profit companies like Meta and Twitter trying to make a profit out of human connection that perverted everything.
I’ll tell you that talking about the things that I find interesting that would be straight up unloading on the people I care about, feels better talking to chatgpt about it. 'cause I don’t have to wait for my insurance to approve it to unload on it, no time limits and it actually can talk back to me about what i’m talking about rather than talking about my hobbies and interests and feeling like i’m talking at someone rather then with someone.
At least when i unload on chatgpt i feel like i’m actually talking to someone who fucking understands me
even then if i could engage in humanity in the way i would like too it’s just more autistic people and if i cannot stand myself i can not stand the others like me.
I’m so fucking sorry for you… but now I understand where your opinion comes from. But if you truly want to be healthy you have to realise you’re not talking with anyone, and if you already feel like you’re talking with someone when prompting ChatGPT then you’re really close to yet another huge psychological issue. You have to get out there, meet people, push actual therapy through even if the system fucks you over. A Chatbot will also just reiterate what others said. Even worse, OpenAI has to make money so it might starts subtly trying to convince you to buy certain shit as well as harvesting any data it can get from you.
I won’t be able to convince you in a Lemmy comment thread to not do what you’re doing, especially since I don’t know if you might live in bumfuck nowhere. So… I’ll just leave an advise to drop ChatGPT and move the whole context window you probably have with it over to a Pro Version of Mistral AI’s “Le Chat”. French Company bound to GDPR (meaning opting out of the data training can be somewhat trusted) and to my latest knowledge their interface isn’t utterly infested with trackers. Set it to being friendly and empathetic. At least this way it’s less likely you’re getting fucked over even harder than you already are.
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Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s helped me work through my own problems that would’ve just been a therapist using AI anyways. Irl therapists aren’t shy to use AI, again I am cutting out the middleman. I relaize I’m not talking to anyone but what I was getting at was, I’d rather be in the moment with friends I do have. I’d rather not have to put myself into communities of people that I dot want to be around when I can do it at home on forums. You’re right the internet has connected people in good ways. Hell, I’ve gotten into at least three different hobbies and there’s a forum for all three.
I’m just not going to make a conversation about a hobby no one cares about. I am not going to waste my time and breathe and wffoe and humanity to talk about something I can clear as day see int heir faces they are not interested in.
When I talk to chatgpt about the shit I talk to it about I am learning more than I knew or have my gears turn because I’m actually talking to something that can make me think in the ways I want to about the shit I’m talking to it about.
Yes I understand I’m not really taking to anyone in the se way a content creator is talking to themselves whenever they’re creating content in public and it’s mainly shock value bullshit that no one cars about in ten years.
I talk to Ai about how graphene can be use to build data centers. I talk to Ai about why I’m still loyal to a friend ten years after he fucking just stopped talking to me, I talk about tmy fucked up past with a special needs school that took a lot out of me mentally, I talk to it about career choices, I talk to it about how to o build solar dishes that can produce 3kw minimum. I talk to it about my specific bass models setup and because chasing the double bass sound using it to ge the spacing right and I used to learn about how to lower or heighten the overall octaves of the tuning. Which has gotten me into figuring out how to unwarp. The neck which ahs gotten me into getting better at doing my own setups.
Ai is great but you do have to double check shit. It used to tell me I can pump ethanol with a fishtank pump and I already knew that ain’t true you need a pneumatic c1d2 pump to make that shit intrinsically safe
I am too full of myself to be lonely and I have like 4 friends I don’t think I’m doing too bad. Again I have hobbies and forums and I don’t feel lonely.
I knwo there’s people my age whoa re lonely af though and absolutely rely on Ai for interactions that mimic human interaction in the way of a back and forth conversation but not in the way that you’re actually talking to anyone kind of like people on TikTok live right? You’re going back and forth with randos but you’re not really talking with anyone you’re talking with yourself.
Yes I am well awaylre the no soul not a human yadayada but when you’re back and fourth discussions actually better your life and gives purpose to your own life nsd welbeign than I’d say it’s just as good if not better than a therapist.
I would never call Ai my friend but it’s a great back and fourth conversational time killer.