Artificial intelligence has made the world different, and the companies at every level are accepting it, making the devices and tools that were just fantasies. The tech giant companies like Meta and Microsoft are testing the AI applications to know if it is just a tool or a potential solution to human loneliness.
Earlier this year, the co-founder of Microsoft predicted that artificial intelligence is going to replace humans in multiple departments. At that time, the prediction was considered about the professionals, but it seems that he was talking about all the departments that humans deal with, including friendship.
Mark Zuckerberg was talking about the applications and future of AI and how it will affect our lives, and there, he shared his work to deal with the curse of loneliness using artificial intelligence, and this has made new points for the discussion about the applications of AI in our daily lives
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Got you Covered with AI Friends if You are Lonely
Mark Zuckerberg recently joined a podcast on a YouTube channel, and there, he discussed the broader view of the company’s work in artificial intelligence, and in the future, the AI bots will act like friends to deal with humans’ loneliness.
Mark says that they are creating chatbots or other agents with which humans would interact. This is the solution to the loneliness epidemic. Till now, the AI chatbots can reply to the frequently asked questions and general queries.
In the future, the AI will be powerful enough to respond to social interactive discussions and details. These visions are going to face the technical issues and societal stigma, and the creators don’t know about the reaction they are going to receive.
His vision is followed by the views of Microsoft’s co-founder, Bill Gates, who has made the interesting deduction and openly discussed that in the future, artificial intelligence is going to replace humans for most things.
According to him, most tasks are going to be handled by AI, and humans may choose if they are interested in a task. According to Bill, the most influential sectors by AI will be education, medical, and developers.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Vision of AI Friends to Combat Loneliness
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During the interview, Mark mentioned that the company is working on powerful AI chatbots that may interact socially and will act as a friend and social companion to those who are feeling the issue of loneliness.
He said,
The average American has fewer than three friends, but people crave closer to 15 meaningful connections.
Mark uses generative AI and is working on an advanced AI chatbot with the name Meta’s Llama model. He says that the modern schedules have made humans digitally isolated, and the solution must also be digital, so the new chatbots are going to help humanity deal with the issue.
Loneliness Epidemic Declared by Mark Zuckerberg
In 2023, the American Sociological Association reported that 30% of Americans have three or even less than three close friends. During the previous decade, there has been a sharp decline in social interaction and friendships.
Similarly, COVID-19 is the main reason behind the conversion of office work into work from home, and people now prefer to work remotely. This is causing a situation called “Loneliness Epidemic,” and this can be covered by the AI chatbots.
Companies are working on AI solutions to such problems, but there is no guarantee about how people are going to react or what the adoption level will be.
