Kids From Strong Families Less Likely to Fall in Love with Robots – Breakpoint
The complications of creating artificially intelligent robots for service, companionship, or sex has been the plot of movies and TV shows for decades, from Terminator to Bicentennial Man to A.I. to Westworld. While some of these entertainment properties portrayed the human-AI relationships as potentially good, others warned of the inevitable, unforeseen dangers. All assumed that such “relationships” are indeed possible, that electronic or robotic entities can achieve self-awareness, human-like emotions, and authentic relationships. …
According to another analysis from the Institute for Family Studies, those who tend to believe what was until recently considered fiction fall into two groups: those whose human relationships are already absent or broken; and those who already turn to digital substitutes, especially pornography, for intimacy. In contrast, young adults from intact families are significantly less comfortable treating AI entities like human beings. 61% who still had married parents at age 16 were against AI “friendships,” while only 52% from non-intact households were against them. Those who grew up without married parents were also more likely to say they were “not sure” or have “mixed feelings” about friendships with artificial intelligences.
Source: Kids From Strong Families Less Likely to Fall in Love with Robots – Breakpoint
A thoughtful article, illustrating a point where we can reach out to young people who are searching for answers in our upside-down world.
Don Johnson
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