#interaction — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #interaction, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/90179/ NH AG: Man shot by police in Milan had knife #AttorneyGeneral #berlin #Germany #home #interaction #investigator #knife #man #milan #NhAg #office #Officer #Official #Police #PoliceThursdayNight #shooting #WestMilanRoad #ZacharyGagne
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/89981/ NH AG: Man hospitalized after shooting involving police in Milan #berlin #BerlinPoliceDepartment #download #Germany #home #hospital #injury #interaction #investigation #man #milan #NewHampshire #NewHampshireAttorneyGeneral #NewHampshireAttorneyGeneral'sOffice #NewHampshireStatePoliceMajorCrimeUnit #NH #NHSP #office #Official #Police #shooting #shot #thursday #ThursdayNight #Treatment #Update: #WestMilanRoad
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📢 MSSQLand – Lightweight MS-SQL Interaction Tool for Lateral Movement and Post-Exploitation
#Mssqland #Lightweight #Ms-sql #Interaction #GlobalFeed #News #EN
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J'avais besoin d'une motivation pour tester Slidev ... Eh bien en voilà une belle, puisque ce plugin permet de faire des sondages avec les réponses qui apparaissent en temps réel. C'est très cool. https://github.com/asm0dey/slidev-polls #présentation #conférence #slideshow #opensource #sondage #interaction
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J'avais besoin d'une motivation pour tester Slidev ... Eh bien en voilà une belle, puisque ce plugin permet de faire des sondages avec les réponses qui apparaissent en temps réel. C'est très cool. https://github.com/asm0dey/slidev-polls #présentation #conférence #slideshow #opensource #sondage #interaction
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J'avais besoin d'une motivation pour tester Slidev ... Eh bien en voilà une belle, puisque ce plugin permet de faire des sondages avec les réponses qui apparaissent en temps réel. C'est très cool. https://github.com/asm0dey/slidev-polls #présentation #conférence #slideshow #opensource #sondage #interaction
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J'avais besoin d'une motivation pour tester Slidev ... Eh bien en voilà une belle, puisque ce plugin permet de faire des sondages avec les réponses qui apparaissent en temps réel. C'est très cool. https://github.com/asm0dey/slidev-polls #présentation #conférence #slideshow #opensource #sondage #interaction
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“Marvin and the Mint Tea” began as a quiet kitchen-table reflection about flavour, tea, coriander, and why different minds can experience the same world so differently.
It slowly became something else: a gentle exploration of interaction, perception, geometry, and the strange places where meaning appears between object and observer.
Sometimes the universe explains itself more clearly through a cup of mint tea than through a blackboard full of equations. ☕🍃🐾https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BFcMbpZwp/
#HybridMind42 #Marvin #Phase6 #ScienceCommunication #SystemsThinking #ComplexSystems #Perception #Chirality #Interaction #BoundaryFilteredPersistence #CatsOfMastodon #ScientificStorytelling #TeaAndPhysics
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“Marvin and the Mint Tea” began as a quiet kitchen-table reflection about flavour, tea, coriander, and why different minds can experience the same world so differently.
It slowly became something else: a gentle exploration of interaction, perception, geometry, and the strange places where meaning appears between object and observer.
Sometimes the universe explains itself more clearly through a cup of mint tea than through a blackboard full of equations. ☕🍃🐾#HybridMind42 #Marvin #Phase6 #ScienceCommunication #SystemsThinking #ComplexSystems #Perception #Chirality #Interaction #BoundaryFilteredPersistence #CatsOfMastodon #ScientificStorytelling #TeaAndPhysics
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#GrapheneOS is A GREAT #EXAMPLE of how we can #participate USING #MASTODON ! +1 ⭐
(NOT just about #Tech #coding as a "join us" but the #social aspects of reasoning / replying / answering fans HERE ON MASTODON !!
So I #appreciate GrapheneOS and would appreciate more accounts answering *_#Mastodon complainers_* + copy-pasting them a template reply as human #reasoning + more #humanly.
Even as #interaction / custom #reply ? :mastodon:
☑️ See GrapheneOS acc
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#GrapheneOS is A GREAT #EXAMPLE of how we can #participate USING #MASTODON ! +1 ⭐
(NOT just about #Tech #coding as a "join us" but the #social aspects of reasoning / replying / answering fans HERE ON MASTODON !!
So I #appreciate GrapheneOS and would appreciate more accounts answering *_#Mastodon complainers_* + copy-pasting them a template reply as human #reasoning + more #humanly.
Even as #interaction / custom #reply ? :mastodon:
☑️ See GrapheneOS acc
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#GrapheneOS is A GREAT #EXAMPLE of how we can #participate USING #MASTODON ! +1 ⭐
(NOT just about #Tech #coding as a "join us" but the #social aspects of reasoning / replying / answering fans HERE ON MASTODON !!
So I #appreciate GrapheneOS and would appreciate more accounts answering *_#Mastodon complainers_* + copy-pasting them a template reply as human #reasoning + more #humanly.
Even as #interaction / custom #reply ? :mastodon:
☑️ See GrapheneOS acc
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#GrapheneOS is A GREAT #EXAMPLE of how we can #participate USING #MASTODON ! +1 ⭐
(NOT just about #Tech #coding as a "join us" but the #social aspects of reasoning / replying / answering fans HERE ON MASTODON !!
So I #appreciate GrapheneOS and would appreciate more accounts answering *_#Mastodon complainers_* + copy-pasting them a template reply as human #reasoning + more #humanly.
Even as #interaction / custom #reply ? :mastodon:
☑️ See GrapheneOS acc
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#GrapheneOS is A GREAT #EXAMPLE of how we can #participate USING #MASTODON ! +1 ⭐
(NOT just about #Tech #coding as a "join us" but the #social aspects of reasoning / replying / answering fans HERE ON MASTODON !!
So I #appreciate GrapheneOS and would appreciate more accounts answering *_#Mastodon complainers_* + copy-pasting them a template reply as human #reasoning + more #humanly.
Even as #interaction / custom #reply ? :mastodon:
☑️ See GrapheneOS acc
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Three lions have the most beautiful reaction to a man singing a Guns N’ Roses song to them
Somewhere in southern New Jersey, in a water-filled zoo habitat, two small animals you’ve probably never thought much…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Animals #AU #Australia #concert #connection #guitar #interaction #lions #Music #musicscience #nature #Science #Singing #singingtoanimals #veterinarians
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Three lions have the most beautiful reaction to a man singing a Guns N’ Roses song to them
Somewhere in southern New Jersey, in a water-filled zoo habitat, two small animals you’ve probably never thought much…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Animals #AU #Australia #concert #connection #guitar #interaction #lions #Music #musicscience #nature #Science #Singing #singingtoanimals #veterinarians
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by Mark Rothko
Idk if this or any of his works have names, I couldn't find one. There are so many combinations of color that Rothko made, and it's really interesting to me the different associations and moods you can pull out of a simple combination of color. I think I posted one of his a while ago.
I guess I get a warm, positive, glowing feel from this, and texture is here, also.
#art #abstract #color #orange #pink #happy #relaxed #positive #simple #glow #interaction
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by Mark Rothko
Idk if this or any of his works have names, I couldn't find one. There are so many combinations of color that Rothko made, and it's really interesting to me the different associations and moods you can pull out of a simple combination of color. I think I posted one of his a while ago.
I guess I get a warm, positive, glowing feel from this, and texture is here, also.
#art #abstract #color #orange #pink #happy #relaxed #positive #simple #glow #interaction
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by Mark Rothko
Idk if this or any of his works have names, I couldn't find one. There are so many combinations of color that Rothko made, and it's really interesting to me the different associations and moods you can pull out of a simple combination of color. I think I posted one of his a while ago.
I guess I get a warm, positive, glowing feel from this one. Texture in this one, also.
#art #abstract #color #orange #pink #happy #relaxed #positive #simple #glow #interaction
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/472039/ Three lions have the most beautiful reaction to a man singing a Guns N’ Roses song to them #animals #Concert #connection #Éire #guitar #IE #interaction #Ireland #Lions #Music #MusicScience #nature #Science #singing #SingingToAnimals #veterinarians #Wildlife
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@appassionato/116516208065229826
A Dialogue of the Senses: Designing Interaction with the Body in Mind | Books Gateway | MIT Press
<https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6126/A-Dialogue-of-the-SensesDesigning-Interaction-with> | <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052399/a-dialogue-of-the-senses/> | < https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12877.001.0001>
― A comprehensive introduction to embodied cognition for designers of interactive artifacts, systems, and environments.
＂… Sile O’Modhrain argues for turning the interaction design process inside out. We cannot design the experiences of those who use our artifacts and devices, she says; we can only put in place the conditions under which users can bring forth, through their actions, an embodied experience of the world that includes the things we build. Our interactions with artifacts and devices are physical interactions, even if partly or wholly simulated.
The world our devices bring into being is one that people experience by moving their bodies to elicit changes in the stimuli they pick up through their senses. O’Modhrain centers the role of movement in interaction design, introducing techniques of motion capture, design practices in movement-based interaction, and considerations of the many perceptual and motor skills that people bring to bear when they interact with their digitally augmented world through devices such as phones, home assistants, and VR gaming controllers.＂
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@appassionato/116516208065229826
A Dialogue of the Senses: Designing Interaction with the Body in Mind | Books Gateway | MIT Press
<https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6126/A-Dialogue-of-the-SensesDesigning-Interaction-with> | <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052399/a-dialogue-of-the-senses/> | < https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12877.001.0001>
― A comprehensive introduction to embodied cognition for designers of interactive artifacts, systems, and environments.
＂… Sile O’Modhrain argues for turning the interaction design process inside out. We cannot design the experiences of those who use our artifacts and devices, she says; we can only put in place the conditions under which users can bring forth, through their actions, an embodied experience of the world that includes the things we build. Our interactions with artifacts and devices are physical interactions, even if partly or wholly simulated.
The world our devices bring into being is one that people experience by moving their bodies to elicit changes in the stimuli they pick up through their senses. O’Modhrain centers the role of movement in interaction design, introducing techniques of motion capture, design practices in movement-based interaction, and considerations of the many perceptual and motor skills that people bring to bear when they interact with their digitally augmented world through devices such as phones, home assistants, and VR gaming controllers.＂
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@appassionato/116516208065229826
A Dialogue of the Senses: Designing Interaction with the Body in Mind | Books Gateway | MIT Press
<https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6126/A-Dialogue-of-the-SensesDesigning-Interaction-with> | <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052399/a-dialogue-of-the-senses/> | < https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12877.001.0001>
― A comprehensive introduction to embodied cognition for designers of interactive artifacts, systems, and environments.
＂… Sile O’Modhrain argues for turning the interaction design process inside out. We cannot design the experiences of those who use our artifacts and devices, she says; we can only put in place the conditions under which users can bring forth, through their actions, an embodied experience of the world that includes the things we build. Our interactions with artifacts and devices are physical interactions, even if partly or wholly simulated.
The world our devices bring into being is one that people experience by moving their bodies to elicit changes in the stimuli they pick up through their senses. O’Modhrain centers the role of movement in interaction design, introducing techniques of motion capture, design practices in movement-based interaction, and considerations of the many perceptual and motor skills that people bring to bear when they interact with their digitally augmented world through devices such as phones, home assistants, and VR gaming controllers.＂
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@appassionato/116516208065229826
A Dialogue of the Senses: Designing Interaction with the Body in Mind | Books Gateway | MIT Press
<https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6126/A-Dialogue-of-the-SensesDesigning-Interaction-with> | <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052399/a-dialogue-of-the-senses/> | < https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12877.001.0001>
― A comprehensive introduction to embodied cognition for designers of interactive artifacts, systems, and environments.
＂… Sile O’Modhrain argues for turning the interaction design process inside out. We cannot design the experiences of those who use our artifacts and devices, she says; we can only put in place the conditions under which users can bring forth, through their actions, an embodied experience of the world that includes the things we build. Our interactions with artifacts and devices are physical interactions, even if partly or wholly simulated.
The world our devices bring into being is one that people experience by moving their bodies to elicit changes in the stimuli they pick up through their senses. O’Modhrain centers the role of movement in interaction design, introducing techniques of motion capture, design practices in movement-based interaction, and considerations of the many perceptual and motor skills that people bring to bear when they interact with their digitally augmented world through devices such as phones, home assistants, and VR gaming controllers.＂
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@appassionato/116516208065229826
A Dialogue of the Senses: Designing Interaction with the Body in Mind | Books Gateway | MIT Press
<https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6126/A-Dialogue-of-the-SensesDesigning-Interaction-with> | <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052399/a-dialogue-of-the-senses/> | < https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12877.001.0001>
― A comprehensive introduction to embodied cognition for designers of interactive artifacts, systems, and environments.
＂… Sile O’Modhrain argues for turning the interaction design process inside out. We cannot design the experiences of those who use our artifacts and devices, she says; we can only put in place the conditions under which users can bring forth, through their actions, an embodied experience of the world that includes the things we build. Our interactions with artifacts and devices are physical interactions, even if partly or wholly simulated.
The world our devices bring into being is one that people experience by moving their bodies to elicit changes in the stimuli they pick up through their senses. O’Modhrain centers the role of movement in interaction design, introducing techniques of motion capture, design practices in movement-based interaction, and considerations of the many perceptual and motor skills that people bring to bear when they interact with their digitally augmented world through devices such as phones, home assistants, and VR gaming controllers.＂
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#Community #Connections #Phones #phoneFree #alt #Interaction
PARNAS GOOD NEWS 5/3/26
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#Community #Connections #Phones #phoneFree #alt #Interaction
PARNAS GOOD NEWS 5/3/26
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#Community #Connections #Phones #phoneFree #alt #Interaction
PARNAS GOOD NEWS 5/3/26
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#Community #Connections #Phones #phoneFree #alt #Interaction
PARNAS GOOD NEWS 5/3/26
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#Community #Connections #Phones #phoneFree #alt #Interaction
PARNAS GOOD NEWS 5/3/26
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In a stunning revelation that will surely shake the very foundations of #human #interaction, someone just discovered that #colors might look different to different people. #Groundbreaking stuff, folks! 🙄 Meanwhile, in other #news, water is wet and the sky remains up. 🌈🙃
https://ismy.blue/ #perception #humor #HackerNews #ngated -
In a stunning revelation that will surely shake the very foundations of #human #interaction, someone just discovered that #colors might look different to different people. #Groundbreaking stuff, folks! 🙄 Meanwhile, in other #news, water is wet and the sky remains up. 🌈🙃
https://ismy.blue/ #perception #humor #HackerNews #ngated -
In a stunning revelation that will surely shake the very foundations of #human #interaction, someone just discovered that #colors might look different to different people. #Groundbreaking stuff, folks! 🙄 Meanwhile, in other #news, water is wet and the sky remains up. 🌈🙃
https://ismy.blue/ #perception #humor #HackerNews #ngated -
In a stunning revelation that will surely shake the very foundations of #human #interaction, someone just discovered that #colors might look different to different people. #Groundbreaking stuff, folks! 🙄 Meanwhile, in other #news, water is wet and the sky remains up. 🌈🙃
https://ismy.blue/ #perception #humor #HackerNews #ngated -
In a stunning revelation that will surely shake the very foundations of #human #interaction, someone just discovered that #colors might look different to different people. #Groundbreaking stuff, folks! 🙄 Meanwhile, in other #news, water is wet and the sky remains up. 🌈🙃
https://ismy.blue/ #perception #humor #HackerNews #ngated -
79% of 16-24 year olds in UK use AI tools: the pipeline from passive use to emotional dependence
The new Ofcom Media Use report 2026 (technical report here) has some findings about LLMs which need to be widely discussed:
I would draw attention to this figure in particular about conversation which they unhelpfully equate with companionship. They suggest the qualitative research shows people “drawing on it for reassurance or support” citing examples like this:
“When you work remotely you are on your own in a room in the house with [only] the dog for company. And unless you’ve had a Teams call, or made a phone call, most of your day is going to be “tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap”, you know? You just want to appreciate that there is another human at the end of that interaction. Maybe thinking that you are talking to another person makes it less isolating.”
[ASKED CHATGPT FOR ADVICE AFTER A BREAK-UP] “Even through my break-up I’ve been like “Should I be feeling this way? What do you think he’s feeling?” Little things. Obviously, I don’t trust exactly what it’s saying back, but it can be quite good… He [exboyfriend] messaged me about something, and I didn’t know how to respond. So, I asked ChatGPT how to respond. And it [said] “Oh, I’m so sorry you’re going through that” and then answered it. I wasn’t like I was using that over actual human sort of advice. And I 12 don’t think I would listen to ChatGPT over actual human advice either, but I think maybe I was using it as more of a confirmation.”
My suggestion would be that the conditions (a) giving rise to conversational use (b) converting conversational use into companionship use (c) developing reliance on that companionship are all likely to grow over the coming years. In effect I would postulate a kind of pipeline in which use of LLMs becomes more intensive over time:
Instrumental use –> Conversational Use –> Companionship Use –> DependenceThis is before the models have been meaningfully enshittified. More powerful models, optimised for deepening engagement along the lines of AI companion apps like Replika meeting increasingly loneliness, anxiety and uncertainty about the future is a recipe for companionship and potentially dependence becoming mass phenomena. I would argue this has to be taken really seriously as a long term social problem.
Even so it’s also striking how passive much use therefore is. This presents a double-bind from my perspective because active use is necessary for epistemically responsible use of LLMs because it enables the user to drive the interaction rather than to be positioned by the model. But active use also sets the user into the pipeline which can lead them easily to some dark and unwelcome places.
#AI #conversation #dependence #interaction #LLMs #Ofcom #youngPeople -
79% of 16-24 year olds in UK use AI tools: the pipeline from passive use to emotional dependence
The new Ofcom Media Use report 2026 (technical report here) has some findings about LLMs which need to be widely discussed:
I would draw attention to this figure in particular about conversation which they unhelpfully equate with companionship. They suggest the qualitative research shows people “drawing on it for reassurance or support” citing examples like this:
“When you work remotely you are on your own in a room in the house with [only] the dog for company. And unless you’ve had a Teams call, or made a phone call, most of your day is going to be “tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap”, you know? You just want to appreciate that there is another human at the end of that interaction. Maybe thinking that you are talking to another person makes it less isolating.”
[ASKED CHATGPT FOR ADVICE AFTER A BREAK-UP] “Even through my break-up I’ve been like “Should I be feeling this way? What do you think he’s feeling?” Little things. Obviously, I don’t trust exactly what it’s saying back, but it can be quite good… He [exboyfriend] messaged me about something, and I didn’t know how to respond. So, I asked ChatGPT how to respond. And it [said] “Oh, I’m so sorry you’re going through that” and then answered it. I wasn’t like I was using that over actual human sort of advice. And I 12 don’t think I would listen to ChatGPT over actual human advice either, but I think maybe I was using it as more of a confirmation.”
My suggestion would be that the conditions (a) giving rise to conversational use (b) converting conversational use into companionship use (c) developing reliance on that companionship are all likely to grow over the coming years. In effect I would postulate a kind of pipeline in which use of LLMs becomes more intensive over time:
Instrumental use –> Conversational Use –> Companionship Use –> DependenceThis is before the models have been meaningfully enshittified. More powerful models, optimised for deepening engagement along the lines of AI companion apps like Replika meeting increasingly loneliness, anxiety and uncertainty about the future is a recipe for companionship and potentially dependence becoming mass phenomena. I would argue this has to be taken really seriously as a long term social problem.
Even so it’s also striking how passive much use therefore is. This presents a double-bind from my perspective because active use is necessary for epistemically responsible use of LLMs because it enables the user to drive the interaction rather than to be positioned by the model. But active use also sets the user into the pipeline which can lead them easily to some dark and unwelcome places.
#AI #conversation #dependence #interaction #LLMs #Ofcom #youngPeople -
79% of 16-24 year olds in UK use AI tools: the pipeline from passive use to emotional dependence
The new Ofcom Media Use report 2026 (technical report here) has some findings about LLMs which need to be widely discussed:
I would draw attention to this figure in particular about conversation which they unhelpfully equate with companionship. They suggest the qualitative research shows people “drawing on it for reassurance or support” citing examples like this:
“When you work remotely you are on your own in a room in the house with [only] the dog for company. And unless you’ve had a Teams call, or made a phone call, most of your day is going to be “tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap”, you know? You just want to appreciate that there is another human at the end of that interaction. Maybe thinking that you are talking to another person makes it less isolating.”
[ASKED CHATGPT FOR ADVICE AFTER A BREAK-UP] “Even through my break-up I’ve been like “Should I be feeling this way? What do you think he’s feeling?” Little things. Obviously, I don’t trust exactly what it’s saying back, but it can be quite good… He [exboyfriend] messaged me about something, and I didn’t know how to respond. So, I asked ChatGPT how to respond. And it [said] “Oh, I’m so sorry you’re going through that” and then answered it. I wasn’t like I was using that over actual human sort of advice. And I 12 don’t think I would listen to ChatGPT over actual human advice either, but I think maybe I was using it as more of a confirmation.”
My suggestion would be that the conditions (a) giving rise to conversational use (b) converting conversational use into companionship use (c) developing reliance on that companionship are all likely to grow over the coming years. In effect I would postulate a kind of pipeline in which use of LLMs becomes more intensive over time:
Instrumental use –> Conversational Use –> Companionship Use –> DependenceThis is before the models have been meaningfully enshittified. More powerful models, optimised for deepening engagement along the lines of AI companion apps like Replika meeting increasingly loneliness, anxiety and uncertainty about the future is a recipe for companionship and potentially dependence becoming mass phenomena. I would argue this has to be taken really seriously as a long term social problem.
Even so it’s also striking how passive much use therefore is. This presents a double-bind from my perspective because active use is necessary for epistemically responsible use of LLMs because it enables the user to drive the interaction rather than to be positioned by the model. But active use also sets the user into the pipeline which can lead them easily to some dark and unwelcome places.
#AI #conversation #dependence #interaction #LLMs #Ofcom #youngPeople -
79% of 16-24 year olds in UK use AI tools: the pipeline from passive use to emotional dependence
The new Ofcom Media Use report 2026 (technical report here) has some findings about LLMs which need to be widely discussed:
I would draw attention to this figure in particular about conversation which they unhelpfully equate with companionship. They suggest the qualitative research shows people “drawing on it for reassurance or support” citing examples like this:
“When you work remotely you are on your own in a room in the house with [only] the dog for company. And unless you’ve had a Teams call, or made a phone call, most of your day is going to be “tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap”, you know? You just want to appreciate that there is another human at the end of that interaction. Maybe thinking that you are talking to another person makes it less isolating.”
[ASKED CHATGPT FOR ADVICE AFTER A BREAK-UP] “Even through my break-up I’ve been like “Should I be feeling this way? What do you think he’s feeling?” Little things. Obviously, I don’t trust exactly what it’s saying back, but it can be quite good… He [exboyfriend] messaged me about something, and I didn’t know how to respond. So, I asked ChatGPT how to respond. And it [said] “Oh, I’m so sorry you’re going through that” and then answered it. I wasn’t like I was using that over actual human sort of advice. And I 12 don’t think I would listen to ChatGPT over actual human advice either, but I think maybe I was using it as more of a confirmation.”
My suggestion would be that the conditions (a) giving rise to conversational use (b) converting conversational use into companionship use (c) developing reliance on that companionship are all likely to grow over the coming years. In effect I would postulate a kind of pipeline in which use of LLMs becomes more intensive over time:
Instrumental use –> Conversational Use –> Companionship Use –> DependenceThis is before the models have been meaningfully enshittified. More powerful models, optimised for deepening engagement along the lines of AI companion apps like Replika meeting increasingly loneliness, anxiety and uncertainty about the future is a recipe for companionship and potentially dependence becoming mass phenomena. I would argue this has to be taken really seriously as a long term social problem.
Even so it’s also striking how passive much use therefore is. This presents a double-bind from my perspective because active use is necessary for epistemically responsible use of LLMs because it enables the user to drive the interaction rather than to be positioned by the model. But active use also sets the user into the pipeline which can lead them easily to some dark and unwelcome places.
#AI #conversation #dependence #interaction #LLMs #Ofcom #youngPeople -
79% of 16-24 year olds in UK use AI tools: the pipeline from passive use to emotional dependence
The new Ofcom Media Use report 2026 (technical report here) has some findings about LLMs which need to be widely discussed:
I would draw attention to this figure in particular about conversation which they unhelpfully equate with companionship. They suggest the qualitative research shows people “drawing on it for reassurance or support” citing examples like this:
“When you work remotely you are on your own in a room in the house with [only] the dog for company. And unless you’ve had a Teams call, or made a phone call, most of your day is going to be “tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap”, you know? You just want to appreciate that there is another human at the end of that interaction. Maybe thinking that you are talking to another person makes it less isolating.”
[ASKED CHATGPT FOR ADVICE AFTER A BREAK-UP] “Even through my break-up I’ve been like “Should I be feeling this way? What do you think he’s feeling?” Little things. Obviously, I don’t trust exactly what it’s saying back, but it can be quite good… He [exboyfriend] messaged me about something, and I didn’t know how to respond. So, I asked ChatGPT how to respond. And it [said] “Oh, I’m so sorry you’re going through that” and then answered it. I wasn’t like I was using that over actual human sort of advice. And I 12 don’t think I would listen to ChatGPT over actual human advice either, but I think maybe I was using it as more of a confirmation.”
My suggestion would be that the conditions (a) giving rise to conversational use (b) converting conversational use into companionship use (c) developing reliance on that companionship are all likely to grow over the coming years. In effect I would postulate a kind of pipeline in which use of LLMs becomes more intensive over time:
Instrumental use –> Conversational Use –> Companionship Use –> DependenceThis is before the models have been meaningfully enshittified. More powerful models, optimised for deepening engagement along the lines of AI companion apps like Replika meeting increasingly loneliness, anxiety and uncertainty about the future is a recipe for companionship and potentially dependence becoming mass phenomena. I would argue this has to be taken really seriously as a long term social problem.
Even so it’s also striking how passive much use therefore is. This presents a double-bind from my perspective because active use is necessary for epistemically responsible use of LLMs because it enables the user to drive the interaction rather than to be positioned by the model. But active use also sets the user into the pipeline which can lead them easily to some dark and unwelcome places.
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In defense of the #Lurker (what you might see people as, in and out of the #Fediverse)
#Mastodon #Interaction is needed REGULARLY to filter everyone into doing something instead of playing games / ignoring each other / 1-way posts.
Picture is to show people are not as inviting or involving others as they could be online... dispelling fear and incrementing trust is the way to go else we have stagnation / non-participation #Mastodon as we have today.
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In defense of the #Lurker (what you might see people as, in and out of the #Fediverse)
#Mastodon #Interaction is needed REGULARLY to filter everyone into doing something instead of playing games / ignoring each other / 1-way posts.
Picture is to show people are not as inviting or involving others as they could be online... dispelling fear and incrementing trust is the way to go else we have stagnation / non-participation #Mastodon as we have today.
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In defense of the #Lurker (what you might see people as, in and out of the #Fediverse)
#Mastodon #Interaction is needed REGULARLY to filter everyone into doing something instead of playing games / ignoring each other / 1-way posts.
Picture is to show people are not as inviting or involving others as they could be online... dispelling fear and incrementing trust is the way to go else we have stagnation / non-participation #Mastodon as we have today.
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In defense of the #Lurker (what you might see people as, in and out of the #Fediverse)
#Mastodon #Interaction is needed REGULARLY to filter everyone into doing something instead of playing games / ignoring each other / 1-way posts.
Picture is to show people are not as inviting or involving others as they could be online... dispelling fear and incrementing trust is the way to go else we have stagnation / non-participation #Mastodon as we have today.
