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Every time we are more alone and so? it’s a problembut don’t worry, AI has arrived to save us. Mark Zuckerberg believes AI friends can fill that gap. In South Korea They are sending AI robots to older people to keep them company and in New York they are also testing it. New studies suggest that it is a bad idea. The study. Was conducted by the University of British Columbia on a sample of 300 first-year students. The study leader tells 404media which is a very vulnerable time because often students are away from their family and don’t know anyone. The students were divided into three groups: the first would chat with an AI chatbot, the second would chat with another unknown student and the third, the control group, would have to write a diary. The rules were that they had to write at least one message a day and complete several daily surveys, including the UCLA Loneliness Scale. The chatbot was based on ChatGPT-4o, the model known for being more empathetic and close and whose withdrawal generated criticism precisely among those who seek emotional connections with an AI. The results. Participants who talked to another peer showed lower levels of loneliness, while the other two groups (AI chatbot and diary) showed no change. They did see a decrease in negative mood when chatting with the AI, suggesting that it offers momentary relief, but does not have a lasting effect. 33% of students in the first group continued talking to their partner after the experiment, while only 14% continued talking to the chatbot. There is more. The University of British Columbia conducted another study with a sample of 2,000 adults over a full year. It was seen that people who feel lonelier are more likely to increase the use of chatbots to try to fill that void. However, in the long run the effect of emotional isolation increases even more. According to one of the authors, it “suggests a negative feedback loop” and compares them to “social junk food,” meaning it fills but does not nourish. Connect with an AI. When we saw Her in 2013 we did not imagine that a few years later the story was going to come true. There are people falling in love with AIssome even they cheat on their human partners with one It is an increasingly common trend and AI companies know it. There are apps that offer AI companions like Replika or Character.ai, but AI is also coming mainstream. We have the example with the controversial erotic mode that OpenAI is preparing for ChatGPT. They are not always romantic relationships, there are also those maintain a friendship and who goes to the AI ​​to tell it their problems, as if he were a psychologist. The experts have already warned that machines cannot replace a real connection, but the machinery advances unstoppably and AI is already redefining relationships. In Xataka | People Blaming ChatGPT for Causing Delusions and Suicides: What’s Really Happening with AI and Mental Health Image | Talha Uğuz, Pexels