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Why Millions of Lonely Elderly Are Turning to AI and What Researchers Think About It !
A groundbreaking new study published in BMC Public Health is shining a powerful light on one of the most quietly ignored public health crises of our time: loneliness among elderly people whose children have grown up and moved away. Researchers from Ocean University of China and China University of Petroleum conducted in-depth interviews with 18 older adults in Zibo City, China. All of them were regularly using an AI chatbot called Doubao to cope with deep feelings of isolation.
What they found was both eye-opening and thought-provoking. It raises urgent questions about the role of artificial intelligence in modern human care. It is worth noting that millions are already forming deep emotional bonds with AI, a trend this research puts into stark and compelling context.
