I recently stumbled upon a TED Daily podcast on AI and the end of loneliness by Paul Bloom. The talk was mainly about the nature of AI responses, how they are overly supportive, and why they are good for the isolated elderly but a danger for the young. Bloom's point was because how AI are built to be supportive in most cases, young users and not getting the pushback that they would normally would with a human. Under the veil, talking to AI is talking to a toaster. They are a network of algorithms to spit out the most sensible...