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0 pointsmajormajor4mo ago0 comments

You aren't going to build the skills necessary to have good relationships with others - not even romantic ones, ANY ones - without a lot of practice.

And you aren't gonna heal yourself or build those skills talking to a language model.

And saying "oh, there's nothing to be done, just let the damaged people have their isolation" is just asking for things to get a lot worse.

It's time to take seriously the fact that our mental health and social skills have deteriorated massively as we've sheltered more and more from real human interaction and built devices to replace people. And crammed those full of more and more behaviorally-addictive exploitation programs.

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ragequittah4mo ago

There's a large swath of people who try desperately to get the practice you speak of and end up with none or worse. We're biological beings we all try pretty hard to connect. Many just get broken down to the point where trying to connect is more painful than avoiding it.

I personally don't ever see a chatbot ever being a substitute for myself but can certainly empathize with those who do.

scotty794mo ago

> You aren't going to build the skills necessary to have good relationships with others - not even romantic ones, ANY ones - without a lot of practice.

Other people don't owe you being your training dummy. I'd prefer you sort that out with a chatbot.

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