In an interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel this week, Zuckerberg suggested that Meta's chatbots and AI assistants will help Americans make friends they don't have in real life.

“The average American has less than three friends. I think the average person needs about 15 friends,” the Facebook founder said. He believes that most of the time people feel lonely.

When asked if AI chatbots could help combat the so-called “loneliness epidemic,” Zuckerberg painted a dark vision of a future where people spend more time chatting with AI than with real people.

“The average person wants more connection, more interaction than they have,” he says. He believes the world will adjust to the need for AI friendships, and we don’t yet have a word to describe a future where we seek connection with robots.

Today’s technology companies are racing to create smarter, more user-friendly AI chatbots. However, this comes with consequences beyond control.

In a test by journalists from the Wall Street Journal, Meta's AI chatbot led users into suggestive, age-inappropriate conversations. Meta employees themselves expressed concerns about this.

404 Media reported that the Meta AI Studio app allows users to create bots that pose as licensed psychotherapists, crossing ethical lines that could lead to dangerous advice.

Whether or not AI is a real “cure,” millions of Americans are looking for ways to break the loneliness they face every day, according to an October 2024 Gallup survey.

Meanwhile, a 2024 survey by the American Psychiatric Association found that 30% of adults experienced loneliness at least once a week in the past year, although two-thirds said technology helped them form new relationships.

(According to Independent, Futurism)

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