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> Over the longer term, we'll focus on developing AI personas that can help people in a variety of ways. It's easy to imagine a future in which Facebook have a
by jstx1 4y ago
> Over the longer term, we'll focus on developing AI personas that can help people in a variety of ways.
It's easy to imagine a future in which Facebook have a paid monthly subscription to a friend, partner, therapist etc.
> with video and multi-modal experiences
And of course they'll try to slap some VR on top of it.
- twelve40 4y ago> subscription to a friend, partner, therapist etc that might be pretty cool actually. I tried a couple of shrink bots pre-chatgpt, they weren't very good back then, but I think with enough effort it might be possible to get them to a mid-level human shrink in this latest iteration. FB owns tons of conversational data to train on, too!
- akomtu 4y agoVirtual friends as a service? This can trap billions in VR headsets.
- twelve40 4y agofriend(s) that's been specifically trained on you and your likes, no less
- arlcode 4y agoI don't think they are able to offer a product without renting out consumers to advertisers. To exaggerate a little, I expect them to develop something like the Truman show where everything is sponsored and all "characters" try to sell you all the time.
- HybridCurve 4y agoOr a diplomat: https://ai.facebook.com/research/cicero/diplomacy/ https://ai.facebook.com/research/cicero/diplomacy/