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daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  human iteration is, most of the time, horrible for many people

  Not in my experience. I think you need better friends.

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  • Alkali@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Your comment countering their statement literally supports it.

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    • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Is “countering” a statement horrible treatment now? Lol

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      • pelican476@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah, it certainly can be. It is possible to tactfully and gracefully disagree with someone without making them look or feel stupid, and without causing them to lose face. This is something our grandparents used to do for each other.

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  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    As people get older they tend to have less and less and less friends.

    Mostly because we keep discarding disappointing people from our lives.

    Which is better than keeping toxic people around. But it’s a shame that most people doesn’t even pass the basic “human decency test”.

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    • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      most people doesn’t even pass the basic “human decency test”.

      Again, not in my experience.

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      • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        “My own personal experience is different than what you are describing, therefore you are wrong because my personal experiences are the standard.”

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      • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ok

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• jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  One problem is AI interactions moving the goalposts of what folks may perceive as ‘douchebag’.

  An AI providing sycophantic reinforcement at max makes someone being vaguely skeptical of you feel, by comparison, like they are being a ‘douchebag’.

  Sometimes, it’s best if people in your life aren’t always acting in a way that seems supportive and positive in the moment. For example if you are having a paranoid delusion, you need a reality check rather than what feels like external validation.

  Talking to yourself keeps the perspective hopefully grounded, you know who you are talking to and how full of shit they can be. The magic of AI seems to peel that grounded perspective away for some folks.

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  • pelican476@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Come on man, you’ve been outside, presumably. You know that the douchebaggery out there isn’t limited to people just not being very flattering towards each other.

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    • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Of course that’s true, the issue is that when folks are surrounded by “yes men” (or AI equivalents), they lose perspective and suddenly a lack of flattery is enough to be in the “douchebag” category. Some reasonable social friction is important to keep people from going way off the rails.

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      • pelican476@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So… people are * born using AI*, then?

        If lack of flattery due to using AI is making people think everyone is mean to them and causing them to turn to AI rather than people… then…what??? I’m sorry but you’re breaking my brain here. Can you make it make sense so I can understand?

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