Do you trust Mark Zuckerberg to solve your loneliness with an 'AI friend'?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/15/mark-zuckerberg-loneliness-epidemic-ai-friends

by speckx • 1 year ago

7 6 1 year ago

Koshima• 1 year ago

I’m not sure if I trust any billionaire to solve loneliness, but at least he is building platforms that keep people connected...

beardyw• 1 year ago

Yes, Zuk no longer cares about money, he just wants me to be happy.

incomingpain• 1 year ago

No, but shouldn't we be happy that he's trying to help the problem?

ben_w• 1 year ago

I don't even trust him to solve loneliness by using his algorithms to keep me connected with my actual real friends — refresh default feed, different random subset of things they've posted in the last month or so.

I *definitely* do not trust him to solve loneliness even if the AI was good, because every third post-shaped block is an advert, and can you imagine a real life event where every third sentence is your interlocutor trying to sell you random stuff? Huh, that was a comedy sketch nearly 50 years ago already: https://youtu.be/qe7n7a82HWw?si=SJy-SFNaArmLDAR7

And I don't trust the AI to be any good. I like what they do, but honestly, they remind me a lot of my mother's Alzheimer's.

taylodl• 1 year ago

I trust Zuck to do what he thinks will make him the most money - he doesn't care if what he's peddling is solving problems or creating them, so long as you're using it. That's not even a judgement statement, what other behavior do you expect from a capitalist?

Do you trust Mark Zuckerberg to solve your loneliness with an 'AI friend'?

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