• Overzeetop@beehaw.org
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    Ripley: You never said anything about an android being on board, why not?

    Burke: It never uhm, never occurred to me. It's common practice, we always have a synthetic on board.

    Bishop: I prefer the term "Artificial Person" myself.

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    If I felt like I was forming a “friendship” with one of these artificial personalities, I’d want more control - not in a maniacal way, but because I wouldn’t trust Meta (or whoever) not to say “meh, this isn’t profitable, so we’re shutting it down next month.”

    We’re already far too dependent on corporations, but in most cases, they haven’t had the power to emotionally damage us in this specific way. I don’t want to give them that kind of power over me.

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    I don't think so. People still have a need for interaction with a real human and infinite generated content just feels hollow. Sure, it'll satisfy some people and maybe that's a good thing but I don't think it's going to replace or even barely supplement real social interaction

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      I think it will happen. Multiplayer video games already match people with bots that are presented as if they were human players, and 99.9% of players don't care. As long as a game makes you feel like you're playing against other humans, most people consider that good enough. Similarly, as long as a bot on Instagram or Twitter feels human enough to be enjoyable to interact with, users won't care that they aren't actually human.

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        It depends much on the game, environment, people involved.

        Npc ai has come a far way and the thrill of playing live with people is a real competition. And its only just started to get good enough to intimidate social/emotional behavior.

        • massive realistic single player historic events, like battlefields - yay

        • the social aspect of social media and online comments - nah

        • front and helpdesk assistants, maybe even a certified therapist ai - yea

        • friends/family - cant

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      You can be your best self by purchasing a subscription to Brawndo recommended by the AI friend guzzling fossil fuels and water in the middle of whatever desert their hardware resides.