Comment by gradascent

Thank you for sharing! I’m of the opinion that human interaction, and especially the in-person kind, is a more deeply fulfilling experience than anything you could get with AI, but to be fair I haven’t tried building a pseudo-relationship with a chatbot. It makes me wonder about that commonly cited fact that one of the biggest predictors of longevity is having strong social ties. How much of that positive effect could one get from AI? My guess is: more than having nothing / nobody, but less than having a real human community.