I have an idea that shitposters are immune to AI psychosis (or whatever we call the strange addiction fixation people get where they stop treating it as a text bot). Something about posting dumb stuff just to be funny and treating the online as a separate disposable fake reality probably helps. I wonder if teaching people to shitpost would actually help inoculate by giving them a healthier view of the internet and computers as a tool, or if it's just the personality type drawn to shitposting that thinks it's dumb to pretend an AI is your gf.
@BowsacNoodle I've found the opposite is true.
But the guys I know who have waifus don't get confused about the reality of it, anymore than they confuse playing a videogame with actually being more than just escapism in a fictional world.
@RoninGrey >[They] don't get confused about the reality of it is
The key thing to me. I don't think gooning to ai chatbots is healthy, but I also don't think those guys you mentioned are going to snap and start pretending it's a real relationship.
The key thing to me. I don't think gooning to ai chatbots is healthy, but I also don't think those guys you mentioned are going to snap and start pretending it's a real relationship.
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@BowsacNoodle In summary, I think it's completely up to the user's default mental state. Shitposters don't care for fakery or about being judged, and A.I. users are a tool to find a decent cope (in a good sense) like a walking cane, to get some encouragement with no strings attached.
@RoninGrey I don't see how it's different from a therapist (in a good way). Therapists are paid money to pretend to care about you and many of them have mental problems including sociopathic tendencies. I suppose the HIPAA and privacy stuff is a bigger concern though
@BowsacNoodle *a.i. users use it as a tool