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Incredibly stupid The wink wink at creating an AI girlfriend is so bizarre I guess we know who their target user base is

talldayo 2y ago
Worse than that, good luck positioning yourself as a paragon of "AI safety" when you can't even handle basic human business relationships honestly.
- crazygringo 2y ago
  Seriously. This is utterly baffling to me. OpenAI is trying to demonstrate how it's so trustworthy, and is always talking about how important it is to be trustworthy when it comes to something as important and potentially dangerous as AI. And then they do something like this...?? I literally don't understand how they could be this dumb. Do they not have a lawyer? Or do they not tell their corporate counsel what they're up to? Or just ignore the counsel when they do?
  - steveBK123 2y ago
    Also retired the entire safety team in the same weak too, lol.
    - bigiain 2y ago
      I wonder howe much their anti disparagement clauses are about covering up how this went down internally?
  - prawn 2y ago
    Especially considering that the advantage gained by having an AI sound like this one individual is absolutely minimal. It's not as though any significant portion of a target market is going to throw a tantrum, saying "No, no, I refuse to accept this simulated companionship unless it sounds exactly like the voice in that one particular movie several years ago." Baffling that the company didn't recognise the risk here and retire that voice as soon as they were turned down the first time.
- imperialdrive 2y ago
  Absolutely. Good for Scarlett, and my gosh Sam and that org need to learn a few lessons. What were they thinking?? So gross.
  - steveBK123 2y ago
    Will be funny if Sam was the bad guy all along
    - eschaton 2y ago
      Uh, we all should know exactly who and what Sam Altman is by now. He’s absolutely been the bad guy all along.
      - DavidPiper 2y ago
        "Duh." [1] ;-) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AjqljwVusk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AjqljwVusk
option 2y ago
tell me. who target user base is?
- __loam 2y ago
  Lonely losers who think computers are magic.
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sergiotapia 2y ago
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- Ar-Curunir 2y ago
  As if people haven't spent stupid money on stupid things forever.
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- steveBK123 2y ago
  better lonely mens money goes to big VC investor backed unicorns than solo founder/entrepreneurs?
  - sergiotapia 2y ago
    If these poor souls spend 90% less then yes.
mrieck 2y ago
I can't believe this demo hasn't been deleted yet: https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/1790089521985466587 https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/1790089521985466587 Giggly, flirty AI voice demos were already weird, but now it's even creepier knowing the backstory of how they try to get their voices.
- steveBK123 2y ago
  This demo and the one I linked just seem so open about the AI GF use case its bizarre. If you actually wanted a voice assistant AI, having a giggly, chatty computer acting like it has a huge crush on you is not remotely useful in day to day real world use. Unless that's exactly what you want.

talldayo 2y ago

Worse than that, good luck positioning yourself as a paragon of "AI safety" when you can't even handle basic human business relationships honestly.

crazygringo 2y ago
Seriously. This is utterly baffling to me. OpenAI is trying to demonstrate how it's so trustworthy, and is always talking about how important it is to be trustworthy when it comes to something as important and potentially dangerous as AI. And then they do something like this...?? I literally don't understand how they could be this dumb. Do they not have a lawyer? Or do they not tell their corporate counsel what they're up to? Or just ignore the counsel when they do?
- steveBK123 2y ago
  Also retired the entire safety team in the same weak too, lol.
  - bigiain 2y ago
    I wonder howe much their anti disparagement clauses are about covering up how this went down internally?
- prawn 2y ago
  Especially considering that the advantage gained by having an AI sound like this one individual is absolutely minimal. It's not as though any significant portion of a target market is going to throw a tantrum, saying "No, no, I refuse to accept this simulated companionship unless it sounds exactly like the voice in that one particular movie several years ago." Baffling that the company didn't recognise the risk here and retire that voice as soon as they were turned down the first time.
imperialdrive 2y ago
Absolutely. Good for Scarlett, and my gosh Sam and that org need to learn a few lessons. What were they thinking?? So gross.
- steveBK123 2y ago
  Will be funny if Sam was the bad guy all along
  - eschaton 2y ago
    Uh, we all should know exactly who and what Sam Altman is by now. He’s absolutely been the bad guy all along.
    - DavidPiper 2y ago
      "Duh." [1] ;-) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AjqljwVusk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AjqljwVusk

option 2y ago

tell me. who target user base is?

__loam 2y ago
Lonely losers who think computers are magic.
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sergiotapia 2y ago

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Ar-Curunir 2y ago
As if people haven't spent stupid money on stupid things forever.
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steveBK123 2y ago
better lonely mens money goes to big VC investor backed unicorns than solo founder/entrepreneurs?
- sergiotapia 2y ago
  If these poor souls spend 90% less then yes.

mrieck 2y ago

I can't believe this demo hasn't been deleted yet: https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/1790089521985466587 https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/1790089521985466587 Giggly, flirty AI voice demos were already weird, but now it's even creepier knowing the backstory of how they try to get their voices.

steveBK123 2y ago
This demo and the one I linked just seem so open about the AI GF use case its bizarre. If you actually wanted a voice assistant AI, having a giggly, chatty computer acting like it has a huge crush on you is not remotely useful in day to day real world use. Unless that's exactly what you want.