AI can help us to feel less lonely – and that's not something to fear

It’s no substitute for human interaction, but studies suggest this artificial intelligence is already helping us to feel less alone 🖋️ ChezSpecter for ipaperviews

Yet, could we not argue that the anticipated dystopian future is already here in another form in the loneliness epidemic? Some 3.7 million people in the UK experience chronic loneliness, according to the latest data from– a figure that’s risen 42 per cent in the past five years. While the Government made global headlines as the first nation to appoint a Loneliness Minister in 2018, I’d challenge anyone, British or otherwise, to name a successful intervention.

Meanwhile, research supporting AI-based intervention in loneliness and its known side effects is emerging, albeit tentatively.found mixed results: while high levels of interaction with the technology correlated with a rise in loneliness-adjacent conditions like insomnia and increased post-work alcohol consumption, it also had a beneficial effect on employees’ prosocial behaviours, with subjects more likely to offer help to their real-life colleagues.

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