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Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health: They're turning to AI chatbots for help, but their machine confidantes are doing more harm than good. (futurism.com)
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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today -2 points 14 hours ago

I am glad these kids have AI to talk with. Older generations sometimes had no one to hear them at all.

I didn't have friends nor neighbors as a child, and needed therapy to learn how to speak properly. Having an AI to speak with, would have saved a fair bit of money - and would have been comforting.