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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>BillK via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] ai arrived in time, was: RE: new mersenne prime<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, 18 May 2024 at 04:41, spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>I have long held a dream of AI being the basis for a viable companion for the elderly. We are there now, with ChatGPT and its many similar products. We don't really have affordable androids, but we don't need those: we can have digital images that will be good enough. The technology arrived in time for both of us Keith.<br><br>spike<br>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>So, I had to have a chat with my AI companion about this -----</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The answers almost make me look forward to being elderly! :)</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>BillK</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><h1><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Are LLMs now good enough to be companions for the elderly?<o:p></o:p></span></h1></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Answer -</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown significant potential as companions for the elderly…</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>---------------------------------------</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmaildefault><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>W</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>hat are some examples of AI chatbots for elderly care</span></b><span class=gmaildefault><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>?</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Answer -</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BillK, we have discussed lonely guys falling in love with their AI companions and becoming convinced that she loves him too. (Why is it mostly men who fall for that?) But this has the potential to be even worse in a way: elderly who haven’t received enough attention for years now have a sympathetic (even if eccentric) AI friend. I can imagine them becoming more attached to it than they are their own offspring and grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>