• Gladaed@feddit.org
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    9 hours ago

    Doing the “right” thing for a very wrong reason is still wrong.

    There are legitimate reasons to be skeptical, but the state has no right to your children.

    • ceenote@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      States don’t have rights at all, rights are for people. But, the purpose of a state is to make society livable and sustainable. There is likely a benefit to society in mitigating the use of parasocial relationships with chat bots as a substitute for actual interpersonal relationships.

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        I think there is benefit to society in creating alternatives to parasocial relationships with chat bots.

        Until then, I see this as somewhat analogous to fighting ADHD by banning Adderall. Yeah, the drugs aren’t good for you, but the lack of them is worse.