Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Gen Z is outsourcing hard conversations to AI. Why it matters
People called Millennials are in their 30s, often called digital adopters,
who have adopted digital technologies as they grew up. Those in the next generation,
Generation Z, are now in their teens and 20s and are called digital natives, who
grew up with smartphones and social media as staples. They started using the silent,
instant interactions and emojis on social media in their teens or even earlier.
Also, many Gen Zs spent their school days during the COVID-19 pandemic, and
their social engagement and interactive development were disrupted. Then ChatGPT
became their friend in late 2022. They immediately became used to interacting
with AI chatbots as if they were their tutors, advisors, friends, or even
mentors, and now depend on them heavily. For example, as AI learns your
behaviors, preferences, and style, it will come up with a personalized love
letter according to the situations and your intentions you input. Experts are
concerned that young people are so attached to AI that they might miss the
chance to learn to develop, mediate, and reconcile personal relationships in
their adolescence. Most people are now comfortably using AI tools to create meeting
minutes, summaries, charts, research papers, and coding programs, and interact
with chatbots more frequently and closely than their families or friends. And
some people are emotionally dependent on AI. (Vol.4996: Woman marries ChatGPT
character)
It seems that the world is now under a big transition of information,
interaction, and emotion.
Read the article and learn what role AI is playing in social
relationships.
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