Comment on China bans AI “boyfriends” and “girlfriends” over addiction and birth rate concerns
AlteE@programming.dev 3 days ago
Declining social and economic conditions affect birthrates more than this.
That’s hard to say, at this point. A cheap, always available and completely sycophantic AI seems like it would be hard for a lot of people to resist.
What is clear, is that contraceptives existing is responsible for almost all of the decline since historical times.
Well, we can agree that these AI companions are like drugs. But mentally and physically healthy people statistically tend to resist consuming them. So if these virtual soul mates are so popular, then it clearly shows existence of problems in society.
So, government basically tries to cure the symptoms of a problem rather than curing the causes.
People driving themselves towards reclusivity will reduce social conditions with permanence. Its a good policy.
The point they’re making is this is like banning being wet while the Titanic is sinking, to prevent the Titanic from sinking.
Well thats a bad point to try to make. This policy is small and narrow, its not a replacement for improving human conditions economically, and its not trying to be. Its more like a car with slashed tires and a stolen radio. This policy replaces the radio, which isnt the biggest problem, but its still good to fix
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Its a combination of factors and the role AI plays in self care is one of them.