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We have a loneliness epidemic and we have just invented language models that are exceedingly good at acting like humans and even mimic emotions and personality
by Ozzie_osman 4y ago
We have a loneliness epidemic and we have just invented language models that are exceedingly good at acting like humans and even mimic emotions and personality (and even when we do our best to try and prevent them from showing emotion, it still bleeds through).
I've tried Replika and some of these other AI friends (who are more and more pivoting to being AI girlfriends), and they seem so far from state of the art. My guess is we're a few months away from gpt3-level (or better) chatbots aimed less and productivity and information and more at romance/sex/friendship and its going to change the world as we know it.
- SteveDR 4y agoReplika is aimed at friendship and romance, it’s in all the marketing. I’m sure you saw the fiasco when they suddenly decided to filter romantic talk last week? https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3py9j/ai-companion-replika-erotic-roleplay-updates https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3py9j/ai-companion-replika-...
- Ozzie_osman 4y agoI did not! The last time I checked (a month or two ago) it had gotten very focused on the sex piece: https://m.slashdot.org/story/409472 https://m.slashdot.org/story/409472 Looks like they might be swinging the pendulum back the other way again.