[ExI] AI "friends" are bad for people and society

[Brent Allsop]

lol, I agree and I bet I could blow you away in introvesionness! ;)

How about how many friends do you have?  (i.e. you talk to them at least
once a week, not counting family, church or work friends)

When was the last time you ate out with someone other than your family?

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On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
> Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
> Sent: Friday, 18 July, 2025 1:20 PM
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> Cc: Ben Zaiboc <ben at zaiboc.net>
> Subject: Re: [ExI] AI "friends" are bad for people and society
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> On 18/07/2025 17:06, BillK quoted:
> >>... The rise of AI chatbots and “virtual
> > girlfriend” apps has replaced social interaction and real
> > relationships. Introverts with social anxiety are offered an addictive
> > “relationship” with nobody, instead of being motivated by a craving
> > for connection to go out, take risks, and meet people.
>
> >...I think that anyone with 'a craving for connection to go out, take
> risks, and meet people' can hardly be described as an introvert with social
> anxiety!
>
> A lot of people seem to write about introverts without having a clue what
> introversion actually is.
>
> --
> Ben
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> Ben we need an international introversion competition.  The introversion
> Olympics.  I bet I can out-introvert anyone here!
>
> The internet has been such a blessing for us introverts.  We can be as
> social as we want here, and no one can really tell how socially awkward we
> are.  Here we don't even know if we commit a grave faux pas.
>
> But other than that, here isn't much like real life.  The real world is
> for social butterflies.  But what about us lonely social horseflies.  And
> our friends, the social cockroaches?  We should have a place too, other
> than our parents' basements I mean.
>
> Note, I never inhabited such a place.  I woulda but my parents couldn't
> afford a basement.
>
> The online world is great!  Nerds RULE here!  What a gift.  Before the
> internet, the jocks, the rich, the beautiful, the popular ran everything.
> Now we hire them to do things for us, if we need something, such as someone
> to mow and trim, while we cheerfully rule the world.  Well... cheerfully
> rule the world right up until AI takes over and destroys humanity.  But
> until then, it will be lotsa fun.
>
> Everybody think of events we could have for the Introvert Olympics.  The
> shyathon?  The 1000 meter flee from all human contact?  Speed-typing?
>
> spike
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