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Robbots are telling us how to liveIt was only a matter of time; After all, nearly 700 million of us are now using ChatGPT on a weekly basis. And, according to statistics Released by the chatbot’s parent company, OpenAI, about 70 percent of consumer usage is not work-related. Such news has been increasing in recent months People building closer relationships with their ChatGPT bots. And earlier this month, OpenAI announced plans to allow erotic content on the service.
I know people who use it for everything from medical advice and legal information to helping with Hinge prompts and drafting texts for romantic partners. Jennifer Lawrence points out that now even artists, the same group whose livelihoods are threatened by pervasive technology, are reluctant to use the service the new Yorker She used ChatGPT for breastfeeding advice while she was crying. “You are doing the most amazing thing for your baby,” the bot replied to her, “You are such a lovely mother.”
The interviewer, Gia Tolentino, says Lawrence, who has two sons with her husband, Cook Maroney, found the reaction “questioned the integrity of anyone else” who had also said the same. But Tolentino didn’t ask Lawrence why she asked ChatGPT anything in the first place, which, frankly, was the thing I found most worrying, because it points out how normalized this behavior has become, when the act of asking a robot for help and emotional support should definitely be nothing.
Keep in mind that AI has rarely been kind to celebrities so far. Just a few weeks ago, OpenAI faced criticism for how its Sora app was recreating videos of deceased public figures, who do not have the ability to opt in or out of the service. And yet, Sora can produce very believable clips of deceased famous people in situations they were never in within a matter of seconds. “Please, stop sending me AI videos of dad,” Zelda Williams wrote on her Instagram Stories in regards to the video of her late father Robin Williams. “Stop believing I want to watch it or that I’ll understand it, I don’t and I won’t. If you’re just trying to troll me, I’ve seen worse. I’ll ban and move on.”
Elsewhere, there are other concerns around celebrity deepfakes as well as so-called “AI actors,” such as Tilly Norwood, the viral creation of an artificial intelligence talent studio called Ziquoia. And yet, here’s Lawrence commenting about ChatGPT without any apparent concern.
I know I may be in the minority when I admit that I don’t use ChatGPT. Despite almost all my friends preaching to me about its benefits, I am stubbornly abstinent. I don’t care if it makes me do things faster – I’m already quite happy with my speed! – Nor do I rely on it to help with research. I would prefer to ask friends for advice, and I find ChatGPT’s known tendency to sycophancy distasteful and unhelpful. To me, it all seems like a giant exercise in placating one’s ego; Even the onstage response to Lawrence reflects this, offering a series of absurd words that surely have the same trivial substance as “You’re doing great, darling.”
I’m also concerned about how many people are relying on it to support their mental health – yet, without questioning the potential dangers of relying on robots for psychological support. According to a new report, more than one million people express suicidal intent every week while using ChatGPT. The data released by OpenAI follows the case of Adam Raine, a teenage boy who took his own life after months of engaging in interactions with the service. The company later revealed new parental control features that will allow parents and teens to link their accounts, while a team of human reviewers will be notified if a teen registers signs related to self-harm.
New features or not, I’m still horrified by the spread of ChatGPT. But what scares me more is that I feel like a lot of other people don’t. How quickly it was accepted, made normal. At least, that’s how it feels when my friends are casually mentioning their respective bots, referencing the advice and tips they gave them in casual conversations: “My therapist says” is quickly replaced by “The chat says” — yes, people are saying it for short, which even I find stomach-turning.
Where will all this lead? In a world where physicians, partners and friends have been made redundant by powerful AI-generated computer systems? Where, in a few years, I think those systems will become walking, talking, impressive monstrosities? Will we all have robot companions? Will there be AI weddings? And babies are just projections, so that people can experience the emotions of parenting without actually having to do a nasty nappy change? And for how long will these robots run companies, governments and countries? What will be left of humanity as its importance slowly begins to diminish?
These might seem like extreme predictions — or depending on a new season. black Mirror – But the way we’re talking about AI now makes me worry that that’s not the case. Because if celebrities like Lawrence are able to say in conversation that they asked ChatGPT for medical help during a moment of vulnerability without acknowledging that awkwardness… well, I’m afraid we may all be doomed. And ChatGPT can’t say anything to save us – although I doubt that will stop people from hoping that it might.