Listener Research Participation Opportunity: Simulation-Based Training of Active Listening Skills

Sounds lovely! :)

Unfortunately I can’t take part as I’m in located in UK ☹️

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Every time I see something like this where a gift card is offered as bribery to compel a person to do something, it raises a red flag to me. It's like going back to the Covid pandemic years where people were bribed in various ways to get a vaccine which could potentially harm them. Unfortunately many poor people in need of that gift card from Amazon may fall for this, without thinking about the potential harm this AI simulation information may cause for the future. You will be literally training a system to work so that us humans are no longer needed anymore. Real human interpersonal relationships matter, and it is not something that should be replaced or replicated by a bot. Once society takes the jump with this there will be no pulling it back.

@Nightowl01 The research team wanted to clarify: we are not seeking to replace humans during actual 7 Cups sessions; we want to retain and amplify the human connection and human support in these listening sessions. Instead, we aim to empower those listeners who are rusty or less confident in their active listening skills, through a Member Bot to practice with.  To do this ethically and responsibility, we are wanting to involve 7 Cups listeners so we can get feedback on its potential benefits and potential harms.