Honestly, I think the social implications of this are way, way worse than the privacy implications, which are also absolutely terrifying.
Please, can we burn down Silicon Valley, pleaaaase?
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I agree. This is feeding off of a new way to market and use people's insecurities, selling them a fix that will do more damage. I think we've already seen this in the business world with adoption of AI for every damn thing, even forcing employees to enbrace it or leave. And the best ones aren't even that good. And then there's Co-pilot, which is worse. So adding another more personal version will pull in more people looking for answers to their problems (caused by a society that's broken).
The question of AGI and whether one can be personal with it is an interesting debate, and not one that people are happy to entertain in discussion or acceptance at this time. But we don't have AGI, may never have it, and this is simply a money grab no different than OnlyFans and webcam girls, only there's no human at the other end that has to get a small part of the profit.
If you dont like how a tool is going to be used, remove the social impetus to use it that way. People dont turn to these chat bots because its fun, they do it because they are lonely. And until that loneliness is dealt with, there will always be solutions like this and society is going to become more fractured and corrupted. While I agree that this is horrific and not a good thing, I also recognise that without tackling the actual issue here discussing the morals of this chat bot is pointless, at best.
Tl;dr if your ability to care begins and ends with "ai bad" without understanding the human cause for why it is being used, then you might as well save your breath.
Yes, for sure, a lot of the problems at hand are caused by the heirarchical structure of society. That's why I'm an anarchist, because in my experience only anarchism has an accurate diagnosis and coherent solution for the problems that plague our society.
Product placement is about to get more market ... penetration.
This feels like it would be a last ditch monetisation move. I wonder if their other business plans didn't work out?
I try to like Wired, but my most intimate sexual desires are the least of my worries about surveillance now. Who cares about my sexual intimacy? I rather protect what I think about life. Protecting sexuality is nothing beyond sexual repression.
People usually do a lot more than sext with their ai companions, I'm pretty sure.
Like sex-mexting, where you send photos of your junk from the restroom of a Chili’s To-Go
....i will not engage in sexual conversation with you, but you could arrange the dildos as a way of entertainment!
God, im actually happy i will die of old age in maybe 30 years. Humanity is going to be mentally ill but think they are normal.
30 years is a long trumped trumping time.
Opportunity for some excellent, weirdo hijinks.
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