“The study found that chatting with an AI seems to be appealing to U.S. teens (ages 13 to 17), as not only had nearly three-quarters tried an AI companion, but also 52% said they are regular users. Among those who engaged with these companions regularly, 13% chat with them daily and 21% chat a few times a week.
Boys (31%) were also slightly more likely than girls (25%) to say they had never used an AI companion, among the one in four teens who said they have never tried it.
Nearly half (46%) said they saw AI companions as tools or programs, and 33% said they use them for social interaction and relationships. Teens said they use the AI companions for various purposes: entertainment (30%), curiosity about AI technology (28%), advice (18%), and because they’re always available (17%).”
FemRevan64 on
Yeah, I do not see this ending well.
Best case, you get a bunch of very socially awkward types who have trouble with basic interactions with other people.
You can read it, but here’s the example and what should make you worried about this:
“Her husband, she said, had no prior history of mania, delusion, or psychosis. He’d turned to ChatGPT about 12 weeks ago for assistance with a permaculture and construction project; soon, after engaging the bot in probing philosophical chats, he became engulfed in messianic delusions, proclaiming that he had somehow brought forth a sentient AI, and that with it he had “broken” math and physics, embarking on a grandiose mission to save the world. His gentle personality faded as his obsession deepened, and his behavior became so erratic that he was let go from his job. He stopped sleeping and rapidly lost weight.”
Cubey42 on
I’m noticing alot of loose using of the term “companion” that’s just kinda blended in the results. It looks more like 72% had use AI agents and of those only 30% even socialized with it, while most used it as a tool and recognized it as such.
Really_McNamington on
And what’s the conversion rate of people prepared to actually pay real money for the service?Bet it’s dogshit numbers.
NotMeekNotAggressive on
So what? People want to try out new technologies. This would be like reporting that most young people have talked to a chatbot or been on Facebook when those things were first trending.
skaliton on
I wonder how much of it is for ‘serious’ things like studying vs. silly things like ‘who would win’ or even on accident. Yes, it seems silly until you realize that I don’t use ai at all but every once in a while meta ai pops up because I fat fingered on facebook
Delamoor on
I mean, I’m not at all surprised
Anyone ever used an AI for producing erotic literature? They’re as good at sexting as a real person. Often better.
Teenage me would have gone *insane* with hedonism.
RD_Dragon on
It will not make them smarter. Quite the opposite really
Imagine_Beyond on
Honestly, that number seemed a bit low to me. All teenagers I know use AI. I wonder who those 28% who haven’t even used it once are
Sushishoe13 on
It’s funny how all the large news outlets are publishing similar articles to this now
Either-Condition4586 on
I wish that ChatGPT would be invented in 2010 so I wouldn’t be alone in school 🙁
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“The study found that chatting with an AI seems to be appealing to U.S. teens (ages 13 to 17), as not only had nearly three-quarters tried an AI companion, but also 52% said they are regular users. Among those who engaged with these companions regularly, 13% chat with them daily and 21% chat a few times a week.
Boys (31%) were also slightly more likely than girls (25%) to say they had never used an AI companion, among the one in four teens who said they have never tried it.
Nearly half (46%) said they saw AI companions as tools or programs, and 33% said they use them for social interaction and relationships. Teens said they use the AI companions for various purposes: entertainment (30%), curiosity about AI technology (28%), advice (18%), and because they’re always available (17%).”
Yeah, I do not see this ending well.
Best case, you get a bunch of very socially awkward types who have trouble with basic interactions with other people.
Worst case, you have lots of them completely loosing their minds through these interactions, as seen in this article:https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-being-involuntarily-committed-jailed-130014629.html
You can read it, but here’s the example and what should make you worried about this:
“Her husband, she said, had no prior history of mania, delusion, or psychosis. He’d turned to ChatGPT about 12 weeks ago for assistance with a permaculture and construction project; soon, after engaging the bot in probing philosophical chats, he became engulfed in messianic delusions, proclaiming that he had somehow brought forth a sentient AI, and that with it he had “broken” math and physics, embarking on a grandiose mission to save the world. His gentle personality faded as his obsession deepened, and his behavior became so erratic that he was let go from his job. He stopped sleeping and rapidly lost weight.”
I’m noticing alot of loose using of the term “companion” that’s just kinda blended in the results. It looks more like 72% had use AI agents and of those only 30% even socialized with it, while most used it as a tool and recognized it as such.
And what’s the conversion rate of people prepared to actually pay real money for the service?Bet it’s dogshit numbers.
So what? People want to try out new technologies. This would be like reporting that most young people have talked to a chatbot or been on Facebook when those things were first trending.
I wonder how much of it is for ‘serious’ things like studying vs. silly things like ‘who would win’ or even on accident. Yes, it seems silly until you realize that I don’t use ai at all but every once in a while meta ai pops up because I fat fingered on facebook
I mean, I’m not at all surprised
Anyone ever used an AI for producing erotic literature? They’re as good at sexting as a real person. Often better.
Teenage me would have gone *insane* with hedonism.
It will not make them smarter. Quite the opposite really
Honestly, that number seemed a bit low to me. All teenagers I know use AI. I wonder who those 28% who haven’t even used it once are
It’s funny how all the large news outlets are publishing similar articles to this now
I wish that ChatGPT would be invented in 2010 so I wouldn’t be alone in school 🙁