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TexasTowelie

(123,215 posts) Thu Sep 25, 2025, 02:25 PM Thursday

Can Meta AI Replace Our Human Friends? We Tried It. - More Perfect Union

Big Tech created the loneliness epidemic — now it wants to sell us the cure. After years of fueling isolation Meta poured nearly $72 billion into AI, including ‘chatbot friends' this year. Instead of providing real answers, Zuckerberg could end up making us even lonelier.

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Can Meta AI Replace Our Human Friends? We Tried It. - More Perfect Union (Original Post) TexasTowelie Thursday OP

Glad I ditched Fuckerberg's website for good in January! Crowman2009 Thursday #1

AI gives me great information and medical advice; but I'm NOT in love with it. MagaSmash Thursday #2

Crowman2009

(3,269 posts)

1. Glad I ditched Fuckerberg's website for good in January!

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Thu Sep 25, 2025, 04:05 PM

Thursday

Never had an urge to return. Especially since I have the Criterion collection online.

MagaSmash

(10,954 posts)

2. AI gives me great information and medical advice; but I'm NOT in love with it.