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China cracks down on AI companions
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Speaking as an autistic person, I think it's very funny when people talk about AI preventing people from having social interactions, when as an autistic child, everyone hated me and I had literally no one to talk to.
Autistic people make up a small part of the population, but a comparatively larger part of the population who's not out socializing with others, so claiming that without AI they'd be out socializing with others is wrong.
For a lot of autistic people, there is no alternative. Talk to AI, or talk to no one, because no one will talk to you.
I would have loved to have had access to AI as a teenager.
But... Why? It's not real. A book can provide the same solace AND improve your intellect. While you wait for that special one willing to have 1 to 1 with you. Introverts have some of the same struggles.
Unfortunately, books don't provide that same solace for me, no.
Better one-to-one work with autistic people who lack certain social skills that helps them engage with other people, autistic or otherwise, specifically using their special interest (if they have one) as a hook would be far more beneficial for human contact for that section of the autistic population. They're still human and deserve human-to-human contact, especially to talk about things they derive intense pleasure from.
Great solution!
First, we need to have the systems in place to identify those people. Second, we need to have the manpower to provide those people with one on one socialization.
Third, we can get rid of the AI chat bots.