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[Discussion] Perception of Incel use of AI Girlfriends (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by pavnilschanda@lemmy.world to c/aicompanions@lemmy.world
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Apparently there are several narratives in regards to AI girlfriends.

  1. Incels use AI girlfriends given that they can do whatever they desire.
  2. Forums observing incel spaces agree that incels should use AI girlfriends to leave real women alone
  3. The general public having concerns towards AI girlfriends because their users might be negatively impacted by their usage
  4. Incels perceiving this as a revenge fantasy because "women are jealous that they're dating AI instead of them"
  5. Forums observing incel spaces unsure if the views against AI girlfriends exist in the first place due to their previous agreement

I think this is an example of miscommunication and how different groups of people have different opinions depending on what they've seen online. Perhaps the incel-observing forums know that many of the incels have passed the point of no return, so AI girlfriends would help them, while the general public perceive the dangers of AI girlfriends based on their impact towards a broader demographic, hence the broad disapproval of AI girlfriends.

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[–] Tull_Pantera@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (16 children)
[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (15 children)

With the worth, that's an interesting way to look at it.

I don't think you grasped how exponential growth works. And the opposite: logarithmic growth. It means at first it grows fast. And then slower and slower. If it's logarithmic, it means at first you double the computing power and you get a big return... Quadruple the performance or even more... But it'll get less quickly. At some point you're like in your example, connecting 4 really big supercomputers, and you just get a measly 1% performance gain over one supercomputer. And then you have to invest trillions of dollars for the next 0.5%. That'd be logarithmic growth. We're not sure where on the curve we currently are. We've sure seen the fast growth in the last months.

And scientists don't really do forecasts. They make hypotheses and then they test them. And they experimentally justify it. So no, it's not the future being guessed at. They used a clever method to measure the performance of a technological system. And we can see those real-world measurements in their paper. Why do you say the top researchers in the world aren't "well-enough informed" individuals?

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