Meta desperately attempts to retain users with “human-like” AI chatbots

Company loses appeal, resorts to pretending machines are humans

Isn’t it just adorably pathetic? Meta, formerly the attention-hungry Facebook, now plans to roll out AI chatbots with so-called “human-like” personalities in a last-ditch effort to maintain engagement from users. As if it wasn’t bad enough that they had to rebrand in a futile attempt to escape their tainted reputation, they are now trying to pass off their advanced chatbots as capable of engaging in meaningful human-level conversations. Yes, you heard it right, folks, the company that thrives on impersonal algorithms and data mining is now pretending they can simulate actual human interaction.

Implications of this desperate move

While a company trying to retain customers is no revelation, the measures Meta is stooping to just reflect the depth of their desperation. Besides manufacturing fake human engagement, they’re basically attempting to bypass the fundamental need for actual human interaction. If those tin can chatterboxes indeed appear convincing enough to fool users, we’re on a slippery slope to extreme AI dependence, normalization of synthetic relationships, and potentially even deeper invasion of personal data (because, who are we kidding, it’s Meta we’re talking about).

Can’t polish a turd

So here’s my hot take, Meta’s pathetic attempt of AI chatbots is just another demonstration of their inability to understand basic human emotions and needs. Instead of improving their existing problems like privacy violations, misinformation, and political bias claims, they’re off trying to trick users with fancy AI tech. But guess what, Meta? People see right through it. And no matter how many shiny new tools you present, your glorified swimming pool of controversy isn’t magically going to clear up. It’s like throwing glitter on a turd – except in this case, the turd is somehow still less repugnant.

Original article:https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2023/08/01/meta-bets-on-ai-chatbots-retain-users/