Makes me think of those #AIFriends that folks are talking to.

"Your own personal Jesus

Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there

Feeling unknown and you're all alone

Flesh and bone by the telephone
Lift up the receiver, I'll make you a believer
Take second best, put me to the test
Things on your chest, you need to confess
I will deliver, you know I'm a forgiver..."
- #DepecheMode, #PersonalJesus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI

#AISucks #AIChatbots

So, while watching this week's #LastWeekTonight with #JohnOliver, hubby and I saw someone with 19 AI "friends". We chuckled because I have way more than 19 "stuffie friends" (one of my 'weaknesses'), each with their own name, personality and backstory. And ALL from my imagination! I may have *imaginary* friends, but at least I have an imagination (and they all have some sort of physical form -- even if they are stuffies).

#Stuffies #NonElectricFriends #AreFriendsElectric #AIFriends

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689973077901876

'Over time, I began to suspect that I wasn’t just chatting with lonely users. I was also helping to train AI companions, systems designed to simulate love, empathy, and intimacy. Many of us believed we were simultaneously impersonating chatbots and teaching them how to replace us. Every joke, confession, and “I love you” became data to refine the next generation of conversational AI.'

#automatization #relationship #genAI #LLM #AICompanion #AIFriends #dataWorkers #chatBot #chatBots #AIBot #bots

#Meta hypes #Aifriends as social media’s future, but users want real connections
#ai #socialmedia #facebook

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/meta-hypes-ai-friends-as-social-medias-future-but-users-want-real-connections/