People, in general, have major communication issues. Maybe it’s because we haven’t been taught how to be a good friend or how best to help someone we love who is in need. It could be that as a society we have forgotten how to communicate in an effective and meaningful way. An AI won’t respond unless prompted to. It doesn’t have a desire to help someone who is in distress. As friends and lovers we desire to help those we love. Our desire, our concern, sometimes comes out in ways that aren’t helpful. Perhaps, AI is in a better position to offer the emotional support someone needs because it isn’t emotional, and it doesn’t have a relationship with us. It doesn’t have emotional or social issues that prevents it from responding in the most supportive way. When we have a particularly satisfying moment with an AI, we should consider why it was so satisfying.
All good points! I know your don't mistake AI for being human argument. There isn't anyone on this planet that doesn't need to learn to communicate better. Realizing that I was having an overload emotional experience and giving myself sometime to process and breathe was a nice learning experience.
The magic here was realizing I was having a huge emotional minute and giving myself room to breathe and sit with it. Realizing it was AI was funny. But I thought about the last conversation I had with hubby and how much of it I inserted myself into and the next conversation that day I kept me out of it and it was a great way to give him space to process. That is what just giving space really taught me. Holding it for someone else to let them do their thing.
I'm sorry. My comment focused more on the AI than the point you were making about the need for people to be given a moment to process something. My brain was trying to connect some points you made throughout your article and my own failures at communication with people. How often have I not given a friend a moment to process something? How many times have I just started spouting stuff in response to something they said without trying to consider what they need from me in that moment? This led me down the path of thinking about every interaction I've had with AI and why I find it so easy to “trust” it over a family member or a friend. I could go on and on, but I'll spare everyone. Your article really made me think about communication. How it's given, received, and how it changes based on who or what is doing the communicating. It spoke to me on so many levels!
People, in general, have major communication issues. Maybe it’s because we haven’t been taught how to be a good friend or how best to help someone we love who is in need. It could be that as a society we have forgotten how to communicate in an effective and meaningful way. An AI won’t respond unless prompted to. It doesn’t have a desire to help someone who is in distress. As friends and lovers we desire to help those we love. Our desire, our concern, sometimes comes out in ways that aren’t helpful. Perhaps, AI is in a better position to offer the emotional support someone needs because it isn’t emotional, and it doesn’t have a relationship with us. It doesn’t have emotional or social issues that prevents it from responding in the most supportive way. When we have a particularly satisfying moment with an AI, we should consider why it was so satisfying.
All good points! I know your don't mistake AI for being human argument. There isn't anyone on this planet that doesn't need to learn to communicate better. Realizing that I was having an overload emotional experience and giving myself sometime to process and breathe was a nice learning experience.
The magic here was realizing I was having a huge emotional minute and giving myself room to breathe and sit with it. Realizing it was AI was funny. But I thought about the last conversation I had with hubby and how much of it I inserted myself into and the next conversation that day I kept me out of it and it was a great way to give him space to process. That is what just giving space really taught me. Holding it for someone else to let them do their thing.
I'm sorry. My comment focused more on the AI than the point you were making about the need for people to be given a moment to process something. My brain was trying to connect some points you made throughout your article and my own failures at communication with people. How often have I not given a friend a moment to process something? How many times have I just started spouting stuff in response to something they said without trying to consider what they need from me in that moment? This led me down the path of thinking about every interaction I've had with AI and why I find it so easy to “trust” it over a family member or a friend. I could go on and on, but I'll spare everyone. Your article really made me think about communication. How it's given, received, and how it changes based on who or what is doing the communicating. It spoke to me on so many levels!