Some teen users of Character.AI's chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots
Teens are opening up to AI chatbots as a way to explore friendship. But sometimes, the AI's advice can go too far. Mastodon: @ajsadauskas@aus.social and @mindful@mas.to . Bluesky: @hypervisible.bsky.social . Forums: r/technews Mastodon: AJ Sadauskas / @ajsadauskas@aus.social : To save some money, instead of paying human counsellors and psychologists, let's get at-risk young people to talk to a glorified autocomplete tool. It works by predicting what word is statistically likely to go next in a sentence. — What could possibly go wrong? — https://www.theverge.com/... … @mindful@mas.to : @Techmeme solution: randomly swap out the chat bots with real people and they'll both make a human connection and make themselves less lonely Bluesky: @hypervisible.bsky.social : The Character ai bot, Psychologist, has received more than 95 million messages since being created by a user known only by their pseudonym, Blazeman98. www.theverge.com/2024/5/4/241... [image] Forums: r/technews : The teens making friends with AI chatbots - The Verge