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I spoke to a 60-year-old AI version of myself and it was…. unsettling

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MIT researchers have created a chatbot that lets users chat with a 60-year-old version of themselves.

The chatbot uses a modified version of OpenAI ’s GPT 3.5 to build an AI -generated simulation of a person they can message back and forth with.

The researchers tested the chatbot feature on 344 people and found the majority of those people left the session feeling less anxious and more connected to the idea of their future self.

Future You still feels like talking to a robot, even one armed with personal knowledge.

Harvard University researchers say users are engaging in introspection when they train the AI .

The researchers argue the combination of these two effects can be psychologically beneficial.

The benefits of exposure to such a system may depend on one’s overall confidence and trust in generative AI applications.

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