Stefan Bohacek"This is just such a low tech, simple intervention, and can make people feel significantly less lonely."
https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/
But I guess that's the answer to everything, no?
People who feel that they need AI because they can't write well, or make art, or write code, etc. We could just be helping each other, working on community projects, together.
Not sure how much of this is "I want to do everything myself" vs "everyone is too busy". Or maybe people are just too afraid to ask for help?
Mrs.Malice ❤️🔥✨@stefan or maybe even a combo: “I want to do this myself because I know everyone’s busy and I don’t want to impose or get rejected by asking others for help” 😔
Petra van Cronenburg@stefan I can only talk about France: It started with the extreme lockdowns during the pandemics that especially young people were thrown to the digital world. And the younger you are with such traumatic experiences, the more you keep these habits.
Meanwhile, the number of students with depressions and anxiety problems is growing to an alarming extent. These lonely people often don't have the strength to search in real life.
Plus horrible growing poverty: so many students have problems to buy
Meanwhile, the number of students with depressions and anxiety problems is growing to an alarming extent. These lonely people often don't have the strength to search in real life.
Plus horrible growing poverty: so many students have problems to buy
@stefan food regularly, they don't have the money for sitting in pubs or cafés.
It is a political and systemic problem!
Therefore, we need a lot more Third Places: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place
Also a political problem: Many low-barrier, free places don't get enough subsidies or are closed.
I'm afraid that we can talk about a "lost generation".
Colorblind Cowboy@stefan Wow. That is both surprising and not.
I’m sad that journaling didn’t come out better:
“The same two weeks of daily messaging with a Discord chatbot reduced loneliness by around two percent, which turned out to be the same amount as daily one-sentence journaling.”
Chirayu 
@stefan @grb090423 reminds me of the small talks article you recently shared :)
Russssty@stefan
Reminds me of the Swedish Tourist Association’s "The Swedish Number" campaign, where you could call a random person in Sweden just to chat.
thief_of_fire@stefan nice, going to go talk to random people *goes on chat roulette, instantly inundated with penises and chatbots*
Sir Rochard 'Dock' BunsonRE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116245143160413338
Is setting up "Text an antifascist" lines and putting flyers up the next step in #Antifa #organizing? 
You can still get anonymous VOIP numbers, right? They do texting?