lpoutine, Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "ChatBots" in forum "Online Media". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Young Canadians want AI companies to make their chatbots less addictive: report A new report focusing on the perspectives of young people says the government should order AI companies to take steps to curb the addictive aspects of their AI chatbots. It’s one of a series of recommendations made by youth between the ages of 17 and 23 who took part in roundtables across the country. Participants presented the report — published by McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy and Simon Fraser University's Dialogue on Technology Project — and its recommendations on Parliament Hill on Thursday. Maddie Case, a youth fellow with the McGill centre, introduced the 25 young people who developed the chatbot recommendations. She said they talked about "the apps they used at two in the morning when they couldn't sleep. About the friendly ears they found between AI systems when human ones felt so far away. About the moment they realized that they'd started turning to AI for things they'd never needed help with before." Case said the youth also discussed what it felt like to "use a tool that has been built deliberately to keep you coming back, not necessarily because it's good for you, but because your attention is worth money." They also talked about encountering problematic content and how they had nowhere to turn if something went wrong in their engagements with chatbots, Case said. https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/young-canadians-want-ai-companies-to-make-their-chatbots-less-addictive-report-12213767#google_vignette (https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/young-canadians-want-ai-companies-to-make-their-chatbots-less-addictive-report-12213767#google_vignette) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The topic can be found here: https://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/index.php?/topic/7963-chatbots/?view=getnewpost You can unsubscribe at any time here: https://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/index.php?/unsubscribe/Zm9ydW1zO2ZvcnVtczs0MzszNjI5OzM2Mjk7bGF1cmVuY2UucG91dGluZS52dnZ2QGJsb2dnZXIuY29t/ If you are not following any forums and wish to stop receiving notifications, uncheck the setting "Send me news and information" found in 'My Settings' under 'Notification Options'.
