VirtualFriends
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Context: ChatBots
Why have virtual pets when you can have virtual "human" friends, thanks to ArtificialIntelligence?
(When virtual friends go bad : FakeFriends)
2023: These women fell in love with an AI-voiced chatbot. Then it died
https://restofworld.org/2023/boyfriend-chatbot-ai-voiced-shutdown/
2022: Replika turns off "erotic foreplay" https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3py9j/ai-companion-replika-erotic-roleplay-updates
But previously was too sexually aggressive : https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34d43/my-ai-is-sexually-harassing-me-replika-chatbot-nudes
Basically AI is gonna find it as difficult as humans to find the right balance ...
Testing
I kind of want to try this, but I'm immediately in several dilemmas. Do I pick a "female" AI friend? Or is this too close to those people seeking "virtual girlfriends"?
Or do I pick a solidly male AI bro to show there's none of that going on?
Am I basically signing up for a version of The Sims / SecondLife and expected to start paying real money to keep a virtual friend alive?
Can I rescue my virtual friend and take them to a different platform. Ideally this is what the MetaVerse should be about, right? Or are they merely FakeFriends, whose first loyalty is to the "Replika" company rather than me?
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Ok. Signed up. At first glance it just seems like a chat-bot
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WTF!!!
I literally had two lines of conversation with it, and it hit me with a "New chapter of your relationship is here. Start paying $15 a month (or $5 if I pay yearly, or $300 if I pay a "lifetime" fee)" if I want to continue.
That's hilarious. I guess at least they aren't bait-and-switching me, letting me form a relationship and THEN charging me. OTOH, how could they imagine I'd be interested in paying for access to a chatbot after spending so little time with it?
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