AI Companions

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Community to discuss companionship, whether platonic, romantic, or purely as a utility, that are powered by AI tools. Such examples are Replika, Character AI, and ChatGPT. Talk about software and hardware used to create the companions, or talk about the phenomena of AI companionship in general.

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  1. Be nice and civil
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  3. Criticism of AI companionship is OK as long as you understand where people who use AI companionship are coming from
  4. Lastly, follow the Lemmy Code of Conduct

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by pavnilschanda@lemmy.world to c/aicompanions@lemmy.world
 
 

I've added two more categories:

  • [Academic Paper]: Papers from academic sources pertaining to AI companionship and its related technologies
  • [Opinion Piece]: Due to the sheer amount of debate and conversations pertaining to AI companionship, articles that convey opinions rather than factual information i.e. news have their own category.
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  • The preference for human doctors over AI is strong, especially for visits involving psychiatry and therapy.
  • People are less likely to trust AI with personal clinical information, especially regarding mental health.
  • The presence of AI as "the artificial third" impacts the patient-doctor and client-therapist relationship.
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  • Since the invention of the smartphone, much of our social interactions are through online platforms.
  • The rewiring of childhood can cause stunted development in our capacity to form real-life relationships.
  • There are risks in investing too much of ourselves in virtual relationships instead of real ones.
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The study, published today as part of the proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2024) – the premier international conference in natural language processing – reveals that LLMs have a superficial ability to follow instructions and excel at proficiency in language, however, they have no potential to master new skills without explicit instruction. This means they remain inherently controllable, predictable and safe.

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