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Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humans (aiindexes.com)
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A profound relational revolution is underway, not orchestrated by tech developers but driven by users themselves. Many of the 400 million weekly users of ChatGPT are seeking more than just assistance with emails or information on food safety; they are looking for emotional support.

“Therapy and companionship” have emerged as two of the most frequent applications for generative AI globally, according to the Harvard Business Review. This trend marks a significant, unplanned pivot in how people interact with technology.

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[–] MrLLM@ani.social 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, you’re right. I meant the training of the LLM is what uses lots of energy, I guess that’s not end user’s fault.

[–] glog78@digitalcourage.social 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

@MrLLM @Womble

Question ... did someone once do a study comparing a regular fulltext indexed based search vs ai in terms of energy consumption ;)

Second ... if people would keep using "old" tech -> wouldn't that be better for employment of people and therefor for social stability on this planet ?

[–] MrLLM@ani.social 1 points 6 hours ago

To your first question, nop, I have no idea how much energy takes to index the web in a traditional way (e.g MapReduce). But I think, in recent years, it’s been pretty clear that training AI consumes more energy (so much that big corpo are investing in nuclear energy, I think there was an article about companies giving up meeting 2030 [or 2050?] carbon emission goals, couldn’t find it)

About the second… I agree with you, but I also think that the problem is much bigger and complex than that.