ChatGPT’s new AI store is struggling to keep a lid on all the AI girlfriends::OpenAI: ‘We also don’t allow GPTs dedicated to fostering romantic companionship’

  • _number8_@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    why? why not let people just retreat into fantasy? it’s probably healthier than many common coping mechanisms. i mean, it’s a chatbot, how much can you do with it?

    let people have their temporary salve to get them thru whatever they were going thru such that they were resorting to this. and if it’s not temporary, ok, fine? better to have some outlet than be even more mentally isolated. maybe in 50 years this will be common, who knows.

  • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com
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    8 months ago

    Eh why not, isn’t something I’d do and I find it a touch sad but I also don’t really give a shit if somebody flirts with their computer.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      And at the same time trying to push the box into as many people’s hands as possible.

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        8 months ago

        Humans are a cancer on the world if some percentage never leaves the house and therefore procreates we should exploit that mechanic

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        8 months ago

        It’s not just Simps. Boomers are very vulnerable to this technology, especially the lonely or widows. For some reason, they can be recklessly trusting of internet relationships/technologies. Hence why they keep getting exploited by Romance and Pig Butchering scams and why they can’t get enough Facebook Trump/COVID misinformation.

    • KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nl
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      8 months ago

      Exactly what I was thinking. The whole AI hype has been cringe so far and this just confirms it. Seems that the ratio between legitimate use cases and fucking around is kinda skewed towards the meme side of things.

      Or it might just signify our population has a HUGE lonelyness problem (for a myriad of reasons).

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        8 months ago

        Oh yes it is a symptom of a deep cultural malaise. I was talking to my square-headed girlfriend about this just the other day. She agrees with me and that’s all I need.