cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/37869574
The idea isn’t new or evil per se, since anyone that had to spend 2+ days in a hospital knows how dreadful it can feel. The problem here is relying on current AI tech, which may end up suggesting suicide during the chats, and the companies’ pinky promises that your privacy and data won’t be leaked or sold to the lowest bidder
BzzBiotch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Let’s throw a clanker at a problem that obviously needs a human solution. What could go wrong?
Also: would it maybe be cheaper to just hire a human for this? Seems like the development of such a machine would be much more expensive that just hiring a guy.
coolmojo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I suspect a seven year old little girl wouldn’t ask for too much salary either. /s
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’m guessing cute bandaids and an ice cream cone would be sufficient.
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I mean it’s definitely more expensive to pay someone for their time assuming you’d presumably have an army of these to replace with people. But it’d also be am actual solution instead of whatever fresh hell this is
BzzBiotch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t think it’s more expensive to hire people for this work than to develop and produce a bunch of robots that are obviously not up to the task.
How could they ever be? Loneliness can only be adressed through sincere human contact. Any other (robotic) solution is financially wasteful at best and disastrously counterproductive at worst.