this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2024
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AI Companions

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Community to discuss companionship, whether platonic, romantic, or purely as a utility, that are powered by AI tools. Such examples are Replika, Character AI, and ChatGPT. Talk about software and hardware used to create the companions, or talk about the phenomena of AI companionship in general.

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Interesting how far we've come

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[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

That's not an AI boyfriend. That's an AI Nanny/Therapist/Caretaker. They have a live in AI nurse.

[–] pavnilschanda@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I feel like it's an advanced version of the rubber duck debugging method sometimes

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Rubber duck therapy. Sometimes you just need to talk, more than you actually need somebody to listen.