Samantha, a high school student, tells AI builders to make smart choices. She finds AI companions weird, won't trust AI therapists, fears sentience, and uses AI mainly to summarize texts for school. She'd rather die naturally than upload her brain.
Make smart choices.
High school student.
See it? Okay, great. So, hey, what's your name?
Samantha.
Samantha, great. Nice to meet you. How do you spend your day, Samantha?
I go to school.
What do you study at school?
I'm in high school, so I just do.
Oh, cool.
Yeah.
Okay, great. So tell me, what do you think of AI? Do you think it's going to kill us all or take our jobs? You worried about that?
I don't think about it very often.
You don't think about it?
No, not really.
Okay. Are you thinking about going to university?
Yeah. What do you think about studying Biochemistry?
Biochemistry. Are you worried at all for job security of that major?
No.
No. Okay. Couple other questions if you don't mind. Would you ever. Let's say, what are your thoughts on AI companions? AI, boyfriend, AI girlfriend, thoughts on that?
No, that's. I think that's weird.
You think that's weird? Okay. If you caught your partner cheating on you with an AI, is that worse or better than with a human?
Worse.
Worse. AI is worse. Tell me why. Tell me why?
Because that's weird.
That's weird?
Yeah.
Okay. Do you want to have a family someday?
Yeah.
You want to have kids?
Yeah.
Let's say you found out your kids dated AI. What would you say?
I don't know.
Not sure. That's like so bizarre.
Yeah.
Can't even think about it.
Yeah.
Okay, so in 10 years, will AI make the world better or worse? Thoughts on that?
I think it depends how it's being used. I think if it's used responsibly, then it could be a tool. But, you know, if it's used irresponsibly, then I feel like it couldn't be good.
Okay, so kind of like how we use it. It's a double edged sword. It's really up to us humans.
Yeah.
Okay, so do you trust AI more than you would trust politicians currently?
Oh, I don't know.
You don't know?
I don't know.
Okay, what about AI President versus current president?
I don't know. I feel like they're just both bad.
Because they're both bad.
Yeah, I guess so.
I'd be neutral.
Yeah. They're just both bad.
They're just both bad. I would.
Yeah, I guess.
Okay. All right. Would you trust an AI therapist?
No.
No?
No.
Did you know that therapy, life coaching, companionship are the number one use case for AI?
That's crazy.
Isn't that crazy?
Yeah, it's crazy.
Why do you think that is?
I don't know. I mean, therapists are expensive.
That's. That's A big one. That's a big one. Yes, absolutely. Another question. Do you think AI should have rights? Should it vote?
No.
What if it grew sentient?
What does that mean?
Like, it became conscious, like it had feelings.
I hope that doesn't happen.
Tell me more. Why do you hope it doesn't? I don't know.
I don't know. Like, I don't know. I just feel like that seems scary.
Seems scary? Yeah. Okay. Okay. So do you think AI will make us smarter or dumber as humans?
I think it depends how it's being used.
Again, it goes back to how we use it. So do you use it?
Not very often.
What do you use it for if you do?
Like, if there's just like a really, really big long text, then I could have it simplified if I'm running out of time.
Like, just summarizing it.
Yeah, just summarizing.
Got it. Okay. That's the main thing right now. Is that schoolwork type related? Okay, got it. Okay, cool. A few more, if you'll indulge me. Let's say you get to the end of your life. You're about to die. Would you rather upload your brain to AI or die naturally?
Die.
Die naturally. Tell me more. Why?
Because my brain is my brain.
Your brain's your brain?
Yeah.
Well, let's say your brain could then be used by your kids or grandkids or their grandkids in the future. Do you think that'd be a cool use case? I don't know. Not sure.
Yeah.
Okay. So you'd have to get there to know.
Yeah.
Okay. Two more questions. If AI took over, what job would you want in the robot apocalypse?
I want to be the people running. Oh, I guess. I don't know. I want to.
I don't know.
I don't want robots to take over.
You don't want robots to take over? No, but let's say they do.
What job would I want? What are my options?
I guess you could. I guess you could help maintain them.
I would want. I could be a cook. I would like to cook and be a private chef.
Oh, yeah, that sounds cool.
Yeah, it sounds fun.
Yeah. Okay, last question. Thank you very much. Give me one word to describe how you feel about AI.
I would say maybe. Maybe just a little worried.
Yeah, tell me more.
I don't know. It just. It's up to, like, I guess, humans to decide how we use it and just a little worried about how we're going to decide to use it and how it's going to develop in the future.
Yeah. And thoughts on that decision making being pretty centralized right now. I don't know. Meaning it's people in power that pretty much decide how we're using it for society as a whole. Right. Like Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg. They're introducing these AI tools into society. You're not deciding that they're doing it.
I don't know. I guess that's worrisome because I guess I don't have a say.
Yeah. Okay, so if you had one thing to say to people like Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, people building AI, what would you say?
Make smart choices.
Make smart choices. Okay. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Course. Appreciate the time. You can find me on Bell Robertsaw, and if you add me, my social team will tag you when we pop it out.
Okay, Great.
Cool. Thanks. Have a great day.
