Hacker News with Generative AI: Loneliness

Heavy chatbot usage is correlated with loneliness and reduced socialization (platformer.news)
New research from OpenAI shows that heavy chatbot usage is correlated with loneliness and reduced socialization. Will AI companies learn from social networks' mistakes?
Are fantasy games like Dungeons and Dragons a cure for US's loneliness epidemic? (businessinsider.com)
Are fantasy games like Dungeons & Dragons the cure for America's loneliness epidemic?
Obsessing over loneliness is a key factor in the development of depression (elpais.com)
According to data from the latest report from the State Observatory of Unwanted Loneliness (SoledadES), corresponding to the year 2024, one in five people in Spain suffers from loneliness, and of these, almost 70% say they have been in that situation for more than two years.
Invisible Epidemic: The Loneliness Epidemic (2023) (pudding.cool)
This is a 62-year-old Hispanic male – let's call him Martin.
The Anti-Social Century (theatlantic.com)
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever (theatlantic.com)
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
When I was lonely, I used to hate weekends (bubblic.app)
During the loneliest phase of my PhD, I used to dread the weekends.
AI Companions Reduce Loneliness (arxiv.org)
Chatbots are now able to engage in sophisticated conversations with consumers in the domain of relationships, providing a potential coping solution to widescale societal loneliness.
A lonely man in his 30s found welcome and community at spin class (longreads.com)
It’s my first day of spin class, and I am in the darkest corner of the room.
Japan police: Nearly 4k who died alone at home not found for over a month (nhk.or.jp)
We Know the Cure for Loneliness. So Why Do We Suffer? (nytimes.com)
For Older People Who Are Lonely, Is the Solution a Robot Friend? (nytimes.com)
The loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player (theguardian.com)
Loneliness trajectories are associated with midlife conspiracist worldviews (nature.com)
Better Sleep Lowers Loneliness (neurosciencenews.com)
I can see AI genuinely amending or even curing the male loneliness epidemic soon (reddit.com)
Can science find ways to ease loneliness? (science.org)