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I think the ultimate goal here is to build the Metaverse. This was a big strategic initiative for Meta, so much so that they changed the company's name. But t

I think the ultimate goal here is to build the Metaverse. This was a big strategic initiative for Meta, so much so that they changed the company's name. But the product wasn't prime time ready when Zuck first introduced it. With LLMs, it's going to be a core enabling technology to make the Metaverse more immersive. Hundreds of millions, maybe billions of simultaneous conversations running inference locally with various digital avatars.

kjkjadksj 2y ago
Do people want to hang out in a sexed up habbo hotel though?
- gherkinnn 2y ago
  Meta (well, SV) is too prude for that. It will be a controlled, sterile and ad-laden habbo hotel.
- kridsdale3 2y ago
  They absolutely do. Check out the subreddit for Character.ai users. It's a million teenagers too nervous to talk to their IRL crush, but they can live out fantasies with their dark brooding cyber boyfriend no problem.
  - moomoo11 2y ago
    Cool but that’s a minority of people. Like I’m sure on whatever unpleasant Chan sites there are a bunch of people. But they are weirdos.
    - toomuchtodo 2y ago
      I am not sure of this considering the TAM of pornography. With each generation being more insular, having less opportunity to meet and interact in third spaces, etc it seems like people interacting at scale with bots continually improving is the natural trajectory we’re already on. AI boyfriend, girlfriend, companion, whatever is obviously the next step. Way less effort than navigating the in person social environment, expectations, etc.