Hacker News with Generative AI: Digital Addiction

AI companions are final stage of digital addiction, and lawmakers are taking aim (technologyreview.com)
Designed to be the perfect person—always available, never critical—AI companions are hooking people deeper than social media ever could. They make the attention economy look like a relic.
Artificial Intelligence, Digital Addiction, Social Media
24 points by gnabgib 93 days ago | 28 comments
Our phones are killing our ability to feel sexy (2024) (catherineshannon.substack.com)
Scrolling on our phones is killing us. This is a statement of fact that needs no citation (besides, research isn’t really my thing). The massive suck of our phones and the never-ending, algorithmically-driven internet has been covered at greater length by better-informed writers. We all know our phones are destroying our attention spans, our dopamine reward systems, our relationships. We know they’re numbing our feelings and experiences. That’s all I’ll say about the general badness of phones and the internet.
Technology, Social Commentary, Digital Addiction, Psychology
237 points by marban 167 days ago | 233 comments