Comment on Scrolled across this ad on Reddit for an AI service to speak with the deceased
Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I forget the name of the service, but this is exactly how a popular ai chatbot came around. Somebody wanted to talk to a friend who had died and they made a bot using messages they’d sent and then spun it up into a generic bot service that a lot of people use as fake boyfriend/girlfriend AI
Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Replika is probably what you’re thinking of. It was nice when it started, sort of like a journaling app in a way but which could return insights. Then it started getting monetized, of course.
httpjames@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I truly miss the days when it was an AI focused on introspection. Now they prioritize (erotic) roleplay and paid cosmetic items.
gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk 11 months ago
It was ment to replicate you. By telling it about yourself it learned to replicate you, hence the name Replika.
Now it makes no sense. You can’t even talk to it about normal stuff, everything turns sexual straight away.
Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Yep, that’s the one