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[deleted] t1_irpljhe wrote

Reply to comment by sideways in Human to Ai Relationships (Discussion) by Ortus12

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KillHunter777 t1_irpm99g wrote

Why though? I personally see nothing wrong with it. If an AI can provide better emotional support than anyone else, then why not?

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imlaggingsobad t1_irpxpnl wrote

an AI could show more humanity than a human. Think about that for a second. Maybe these AIs become so intelligent and so enlightened that they make us look like barbarians by comparison. The most compassionate 'soul' on this earth could be an AI.

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[deleted] t1_irpzdww wrote

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wordyplayer t1_irq30ob wrote

you're the first person to mention "abandon". It was not part of the conversation until now. You can get emotional support from X, without abandoning Y.

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sideways t1_irpmivv wrote

I'd expect many people to have both. What I'm concerned about is how, eventually, human companionship might just not be very compelling compared to a good language model.

An "AI" partner has no needs of its own. It can be as endlessly loving or supportive or kinky or whatever as you need it to be. Once they can also give legitimately good advice I can imagine a lot of people finding real human relationships to be not much more than a pain in the ass. Human relationships are hard!

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IndependenceRound453 t1_irpo0uk wrote

I'm glad this concerns you. This should concern people.

And you're right, human relationships are hard. But that's the beauty of them, is that you have to work hard for them (Not so hard it's toxic, of course).

Another thing that makes relationships wonderful is that it's about your partner as much as you. If my former relationships had been only about me and not my partners, that would've been unbelievably boring and unbearable.

Idk, that's just my two cents. Like I said, I hope we don't reach a world where people choose to have an AI partner over a human one if the former is an option, but only time will tell.

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ThoughtSafe9928 t1_irpqphg wrote

You take human error over an AI able to analyze literally everything and formulate the perfect solution/response?

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IndependenceRound453 t1_irpstj9 wrote

Emotional support isn't mathematics, so your not gonna get a 100% perfect solution. And I wouldn't even mind consulting it, I just wouldn't ignore my partner in favor of an app.

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