• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    1 day 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.

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        16 hours ago

        But on the other hand, crack is also not good for you. I think a society where crack is banned is probably better than one where it is abundant

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          9 hours ago

          And yet, cocaine is schedule 2 in the US, with legitimate medical uses primarily in pediatric emergency medicine.

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              7 hours ago

              And in an ideal world, kids don’t get head injuries and don’t get cocaine smeared on them. But we don’t live in that world.