I hate how journalistic outlets cover AI, and by extension, tech in general. I'm not linking the work, you can Google it, but Wired published the worst, absolute useless cruft of Journalism I've ever experienced and the writer was treating like it's this new, fascinatingly brilliant thing I'm to vapid to understand. Holy fucking Christ. It's called, My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them.
God, I am so glad I left the journalism business. I can't believe people pay writers for this garbage. It wasn't even good social science journalism, either.
So you make a retreat for people that have Romances with AI and then say look at how fascinating this is? Oh Jesus fucking Christ.
This one paragraph captures the stupidity of this article all in one text block.
> Lately, there has been constant talk of how AI is going to transform our societies and change everything from the way we work to the way we learn. In the end, the most profound impact of our new AI tools may simply be this: A significant portion of humanity is going to fall in love with one.
This isn't even good social science journalism. Holy Jesus I can't believe people pay for this garbage.
It doesn't even reveal anything new, either. Hey, lonely people gravitate to words of affirmation! No fucking shit.
It's crap like this that makes me very glad I give my money to indie bloggers instead of pathetic excuse of journalism such as this.
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