After a few years on FB and insta -I took a break then found I’ve been unable to get back on. I get an icky feeling and lost all desire to participate. This is basically the only level of social media I participate in now. Posting on articles. I wondered what would be the next big tech thing -the thing I will fall behind on. AI is it. I …
After a few years on FB and insta -I took a break then found I’ve been unable to get back on. I get an icky feeling and lost all desire to participate. This is basically the only level of social media I participate in now. Posting on articles. I wondered what would be the next big tech thing -the thing I will fall behind on. AI is it. I do not fully grasp all the future implications and uses. I guess I lack imagination. I don’t care really. I prefer the real world more and more each passing year. Face to face communication, time with my family, being outside, petting my dog. I worry about my 20 yr old and her future. I’ve been treading water daily for an hour. Rehabbing from an accident. No screens, no music, just in the water with my thoughts. Will I ever be a grandma? Will my daughter get a good job? Will she get married? Or will she tell us one day she’s in love with an AI being? Everything gets weirder by the day.
Don't laugh about your daughter. I've been following the case of Replika, a chatbot virtual girlfriend/boyfriend. Apparently, the chatbot was capable of VERY sexually explicit conversations so the creator removed that ability and people went crazy accusing the company of "lobotomizing my lover" and other equally ridiculous things.
I will say chatbots can be fun (except when you're trying to get customer service) as long as they're not taken so seriously.
Think of Replika as a form of mental fly paper. All these messed up people getting stuck to it instead of getting into meaningful relationships with real human beings and reproducing. I guess the question is, does it tend to attract a particular kind of fly?
Yeah, it's great to out of range of a cell phone for a week. Can do this in California as well. Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara is mostly out of range of cell phones. Nothing but the ocean, the wind, the Torrey Pines and the Island Foxes.
After a few years on FB and insta -I took a break then found I’ve been unable to get back on. I get an icky feeling and lost all desire to participate. This is basically the only level of social media I participate in now. Posting on articles. I wondered what would be the next big tech thing -the thing I will fall behind on. AI is it. I do not fully grasp all the future implications and uses. I guess I lack imagination. I don’t care really. I prefer the real world more and more each passing year. Face to face communication, time with my family, being outside, petting my dog. I worry about my 20 yr old and her future. I’ve been treading water daily for an hour. Rehabbing from an accident. No screens, no music, just in the water with my thoughts. Will I ever be a grandma? Will my daughter get a good job? Will she get married? Or will she tell us one day she’s in love with an AI being? Everything gets weirder by the day.
Don't laugh about your daughter. I've been following the case of Replika, a chatbot virtual girlfriend/boyfriend. Apparently, the chatbot was capable of VERY sexually explicit conversations so the creator removed that ability and people went crazy accusing the company of "lobotomizing my lover" and other equally ridiculous things.
I will say chatbots can be fun (except when you're trying to get customer service) as long as they're not taken so seriously.
Think of Replika as a form of mental fly paper. All these messed up people getting stuck to it instead of getting into meaningful relationships with real human beings and reproducing. I guess the question is, does it tend to attract a particular kind of fly?
Yeah, it's great to out of range of a cell phone for a week. Can do this in California as well. Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara is mostly out of range of cell phones. Nothing but the ocean, the wind, the Torrey Pines and the Island Foxes.