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Derek Thompson
@DKThomp
New study: AI and loneliness A large pre-registered experiment of French adults assigned one group to have daily personal conversations with AI. Compared to a control group, they experienced: - more subjective loneliness - a decline in life satisfaction - a rise in depressive affect and objective isolation - more dinners alone
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Zack Swafford
@zswaff
makes sense.. the AI is designed to agree with everything you say and avoid making you uncomfortable. managing discomfort is a normal part of any healthy relationship, so the longer you go without talking to real people the harder it gets, and you end up further from the exact
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Max Burns
@themaxburns
It's a little more nuanced than that. The researchers found a highly statistically significant impact on loneliness and much smaller effects (~10x less) on life satisfaction and depression. Interestingly, data showed no statistically significant effect on happiness.
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Jonathan Passey
@jonathanpassey
Is it because the AI is a better and more interesting conversation partner than any human being they know? That might make subjective loneliness worse.
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Brad Reed
@bwrrs66
'But gee, why are so many people hostile to AI?' One answer is: We know what social media has done to us and we think AI will make it even worse.
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Carter
@CarterKoWang
human beings need human friends
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Carter
@CarterKoWang
honestly feel like a lot of these ai companions/ai friends are predatory & destructive towards society. i think that a lot of meaning in life comes from relationships with other people, and maybe i’m just being closed minded, but i do not believe you can replace this
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