The next generation of AI tools is about to hit. It comes in the form of talking personal assistants that can have remarkably real conversations with you, and see and interpret what your cell phone or device camera can see.
The video below is a demo by a very experienced AI reviewer. Even he's astonished.
It's a potentially incredible tool for productivity, learning, helping people with disabilities, and in all those regards, has far reaching implications. It's also going to replace some types of workers (fast food order takers are going the way of the Dodo after McDonalds implements this).
But the real concern: People will gravitate toward relationships with AI, and away from relationship with real people, ala the movie Her. Psychologists have charted all kinds of child harm from the era of the smart phone. Imagine you're an awkward teen who frequently has negative interactions with real people: You now have access to a realistic, person-like companion that will affirm everything you want affirmed.
Can't even begin to imagine what kind of sociopathic traits might emerge for people who go down that path.
The video below is a demo by a very experienced AI reviewer. Even he's astonished.
It's a potentially incredible tool for productivity, learning, helping people with disabilities, and in all those regards, has far reaching implications. It's also going to replace some types of workers (fast food order takers are going the way of the Dodo after McDonalds implements this).
But the real concern: People will gravitate toward relationships with AI, and away from relationship with real people, ala the movie Her. Psychologists have charted all kinds of child harm from the era of the smart phone. Imagine you're an awkward teen who frequently has negative interactions with real people: You now have access to a realistic, person-like companion that will affirm everything you want affirmed.
Can't even begin to imagine what kind of sociopathic traits might emerge for people who go down that path.
