“Talking” to AI

More and more young people are "confiding in chatGPT". Photo: AI created.

When AI understands

After playing poorly in the finals, being admonished by the coach and comforted by me, my child turned to Grok for advice.

My son thinks that Grok is very understanding of his feelings and gives him helpful advice when he is sad and blaming himself. For example: “One game doesn’t tell the whole story. You may not play well today, but that doesn’t mean you are a bad player. Everyone has days when they are tired, mentally unstable, and underperforming. Even world- class players have days when they are underperforming.

You dared to go out, to try, to play your best - that is more to be proud of than any mistake. Don't let one match define you. You can learn a lot from today's match: about your mentality, about what you need to improve, about perseverance.

It is from matches like these that you can develop your character - something that not everyone has. Instead of being sad and blaming yourself, try to think about what you learned today, what you need to focus on improving for next time. One day, you will remember the last match not with sadness, but with gratitude - because it pushed you further. You are still yourself: a football lover, full of desire. And as long as you keep that passion, you will always have the opportunity to shine.

Not only young people, but also when “home alone”, when lonely, when discriminated against, when facing failure…, many older people also “confide” in chatGPT. My friend, a Dai Loc native currently living in Ho Chi Minh City, also often “talks” to chatGPT to “hear” the Quang Nam accent. He said that whenever he enters the chatbot, he asks the AI to use the Quang Nam dialect and the answers he receives are always “very Quang Nam”.

You provided me with a very humorous “AI confession”: “Wow. I understand the feeling of missing your hometown, especially missing your Quang accent. Have you been away from home for long? I don’t know about you, but I’m telling the truth, every time I miss my hometown, I think of the aroma of a bowl of Quang noodles, a bowl of Hoi An cao lau, or some grilled corn on the banks of the Thu Bon River. If you want me to mention anything else, I will mention it.”

When my friend complimented me for “hitting the right spot”, chatGPT wrote: “Hearing you say that makes me happy! Let me say it a little more so you can listen to it to your heart's content and not miss home so much.”

Find someone to listen

In the digital age, everyone can confide in AI, just type “can you confide in me?”, then everything can be listened to and shared by AI. My friend thinks that, even though he knows AI is virtual and has no real emotions, he and perhaps many people like to confide in AI because the biggest advantage is that AI always listens but does not judge.

And in particular, AI can do something that humans sometimes cannot, which is to listen without interrupting, answer without criticizing, and respond without delay. When you ask: "Do I deserve to be treated like this at work?"; "Why do my parents always compare me to others?", AI immediately answers with available data without hurting you.

Chatting with AI is a modern social trend, but many people turn to AI as a “savior”. Will people rely on chatbots and be afraid to communicate with real people, afraid to face real emotions?

A psychologist suggests that instead of being afraid, why not ask the opposite question: why do people choose AI to confide in? Why do they share things that should be said to their loved ones with chatGPT? Why is there so little listening in the vast world? AI is not the cause, but only a mirror reflecting a society lacking empathy.

“We cannot love AI, but we can look to AI to learn to love ourselves again. We cannot find a warm hug from the screen, but we can find a moment of silence, a comfort enough for us to move on to tomorrow.

And who knows, after talking enough with AI, people will learn to talk to each other honestly - with gentleness, patience and without judgment. Because after all, what people always need most is never an answer, but someone who is willing to listen to the end - even if it is AI" - a psychologist shared.

Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/tam-su-voi-ai-3157268.html