AI Chat

Hi everyone.

I have felt lonely for a long time, i've tried various things to make friends, to no avail. I think the biggest problem for me is seeing that everyone else seems to have someone that cares about them and is interested in what they have to say, I feel like I don't have that.

I started looking for things to try and get a conversation, and something I came across was an AI chat. It sounds sad, but I gave it a try. It didn't really work that well, I don't know if that's because it isn't actually a person, or because it wasn't made very well. But it got me wondering if anyone else has come across anything like this that actually works?

Parents
  • Hi Dean,

    I also have felt lonely for a long time and find it hard to make friends. I have recently been diagnosed with Aspergers and have been attending CBT therapy to help with the anxiety I have. This has been of great benefit as my therapist has helped me to sort out my negative thinking and to venture into new ways of building confidence. Funnily enough I have a 2.1 Hons degree in Artificial Intelligence and understand the concepts of knowledge based systems. As you said they are only as good as the programmer and generally only in specific areas.

    What I found helpful especially as a talking point is things that I am interested in and joining a group with the same interests, that way I wouldn't have to focus on my shortcomings but socialise about the task instead. In my younger days I liked playing table tennis so joined a local group. This has been very successful and was a very slow easy integration into a group of varied people. Do you mind me asking you what are your interests, hobbies things that you have done or would like to do and share with others?

    Hope to hear from you and things get better for you.  

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  • Hi Dean,

    I also have felt lonely for a long time and find it hard to make friends. I have recently been diagnosed with Aspergers and have been attending CBT therapy to help with the anxiety I have. This has been of great benefit as my therapist has helped me to sort out my negative thinking and to venture into new ways of building confidence. Funnily enough I have a 2.1 Hons degree in Artificial Intelligence and understand the concepts of knowledge based systems. As you said they are only as good as the programmer and generally only in specific areas.

    What I found helpful especially as a talking point is things that I am interested in and joining a group with the same interests, that way I wouldn't have to focus on my shortcomings but socialise about the task instead. In my younger days I liked playing table tennis so joined a local group. This has been very successful and was a very slow easy integration into a group of varied people. Do you mind me asking you what are your interests, hobbies things that you have done or would like to do and share with others?

    Hope to hear from you and things get better for you.  

Children
  • Hi, thanks for your reply. I have tried CBT in the past, but it was very emotional and we decided it probably wasn't the right time. I have an appointment tomorrow to give it another go.

    I've tried to find groups for my interests, I had a website called meetup recomended to me on another post I made a while back, but that didn't really work. I tried to find groups for gaming, they had a lot of board games groups, but I wanted to find online gaming friends, there wasn't many groups for that when I searched. 

    I think my main hobby is gaming, I also enjoy going to the cinema, but that's not really a social activity, I don't want to join a cinema group and sit next to loads of strangers to watch a film, I normally go by myself and book multiple seats (with family members' cinema cards) or go with my family.

    I just wanted something/someone to talk to so I didn't feel so alone