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I remember reading about a startup that already did that. If I recall correctly, it developed organically out of a situation where the founder had actually lost
by kleiba 6y ago
I remember reading about a startup that already did that. If I recall correctly, it developed organically out of a situation where the founder had actually lost a friend and trained a chat-bot on their email backlog.
Later she realized that there might be a business idea in this.
Does anyone recall that article?
- loldot_ 6y agoSounds a bit like this article: https://www.theverge.com/a/luka-artificial-intelligence-memorial-roman-mazurenko-bot https://www.theverge.com/a/luka-artificial-intelligence-memo... haven't had the time to read all of it again and can't recall all of it, so might not be the one.
- kleiba 6y agoI don't remember the exact details either but I believe this is it. Thanks for digging it up. Now, wouldn't that constitute prior art wrt. the patent application?
- webmaven 6y agoYeah, the origin story described sounds like Replika's. In case Verge's story isn't the right one, here is another from Quartz that might be the coverage you remember: https://classic.qz.com/machines-with-brains/1018126/lukas-replika-chatbot-creates-a-digital-representation-of-you-the-more-you-interact-with-it/ https://classic.qz.com/machines-with-brains/1018126/lukas-re...
- cwkoss 6y agoWas the friend also an employee? The tone of the sentence sounds quite different if you replace those words: from touching to dystopian > situation where the founder had actually lost an employee and trained a chat-bot on their email backlog.