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> When Replika.ai restricted erotic chat from their product, the apoplectic anguish on their subreddit was unlike any emotional reaction I've ever witnessed fro
by Blackthorn 3y ago
> When Replika.ai restricted erotic chat from their product, the apoplectic anguish on their subreddit was unlike any emotional reaction I've ever witnessed from a group of people about a consumer technology. And their anguish was genuine - there are Replika users who truly consider themselves married to their AI companion.
There's a second layer to this though -- Replika's marketing was heavily centered around that erotic chat element. I'm trying to think of a good car simile and actually coming up blank. It's, uhh, like advertising the incredible off-road ability of this vehicle, and then when you show up and purchase the vehicle someone comes and takes off the tires and replaces them with tiny balds? I'm bad at similes.
- Dylan16807 3y agoAlso, my understanding is that when they made that change they goofed up companionship talk in general, by virtue of how messy AI censoring is.
- drewzero1 3y agoOr like advertising that a car will be able to drive itself without any human intervention, and then deactivating or removing the sensors that might allow anything close to that capability...?
- phreack 3y agoI think most times you don't need to make a simile but just re-state the issue as simply and explicit as possible. Like, they heavily advertised and sold a feature and then took it away after people were used to it. They had valid reasons for that, but people were understandably mad.