ChatFished: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People With A.I.

Posted on AllSides May 8th, 2023
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OPINION

Five hours is enough time to watch a Mets game. It is enough time to listen to the Spice Girls’ “Spice” album (40 minutes), Paul Simon’s “Paul Simon” album (42 minutes) and Gustav Mahler’s third symphony (his longest). It is enough time to roast a chicken, text your friends that you’ve roasted a chicken and prepare for an impromptu dinner party.

Or you could spend it checking your email. Five hours is about how long many workers spend on email each day. And 90 minutes on the messaging platform Slack.

It’s a weird thing,...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/business/ai-chatbot-messaging-work.html

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