The confusing reality of AI friends
Fascinating piece in The Verge about intimacy, chatbots, capricious chatbots, and the capricious companies who run them.
Tag: chatbots
Companionship without companions
Another characteristically insightful post from Rob Horning about social media, parasociality, and chat bots. "Friendship doesn’t require friends; it only requires our imagination and some material that it can productively go to work on."
Can This Chatbot Really Save Lives?
“A recent Stanford study found that some people credit Replika for saving their lives. But chatbots can be unpredictable, and users have also blamed the chatbot app for throwing them into mental crises.”