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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's chatbots will supplement your real friends: "The average American has fewer than 3 friends ... but has demand for ... 15 friends" (h/t x.com/romanhelmetg...)

I talked to a researcher who studies social isolation about this in 2023. Friendships, unlike AI, aren't built on "instant gratification": What happens when people "try to create real intimacy with a real person ... who can’t be manipulated in the same way?” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Yeah, Chatbots are kind of fun occasionally for a day or two but they get stupidly repetitive and annoying very quickly. The personality never changes unless you order it to, it always tries to be a "yes man" and agree. It's dull, it's annoying.