Get the latest tech news

AI Chatbots Are Intruding Into Online Communities


AI chatbots are butting into human spaces.

A parent asked a question in a private Facebook group in April 2024: Does anyone with a child who is both gifted and disabled have any experience with New York City public schools? Many of our participants found a lifeline in access to an audience and community with similar experiences as they sought and shared information about topics such as navigating hostile healthcare systems, finding clothing and dealing with cultural biases and stereotypes. A response from a chatbot claiming to speak from the lived experience of caring for a diabetic child, offering empathy, would not only be inappropriate, but it would be borderline cruel.

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/technology

Read more on:

Photo of Chatbots

Chatbots

Photo of online communities

online communities

Related news:

News photo

What is Character.AI? How to create your own chatbots and use the old version

News photo

Chatbots tell people what they want to hear

News photo

Will Chatbots Eat India's IT Industry?