Culture blasts Simsimi app as 'not normal'
- Published: 3/02/2012 at 07:14 PM
- Online news: Local News
The Simsimi artificial intelligence conversation program is causing social degeneration and creating gaps between members of the family, Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem said Friday.
Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem (Photo by Chumporn Sangvilert)
The Simsimi chat bot is a smartphone application created by a South Korean developer in 2002, originally for the purpose of language learning.
"I personally think that the program reflects social problems that are very worrying. Instead of talking to or interacting with friends, people today talk to themselves and normal people don't do that.
"Many young people are using this type of program and this shows the decline in the closeness of the family ties and human interaction," said Mrs Sukumol.
She said the issue is a new social problem for Thai society and it could become more serious if it is not dealt with soon.
The Culture Ministry has the duty to oversee things that can cause cultural deviation and there were many complaints about the application, she said.
"I would like to warn the society that some things are inappropriate and people should be more cautious when playing with the program and should not be misled by wrong trends.
"To solve this problem, cooperation from all sides is needed," Mrs Sukumol said.
She said the Culture Ministry could not monitor and censor the application, unlike internet websites.
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