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"He thought by ending his life here, he would be able to go into a virtual reality or 'her world' as he calls it, her reality, if he left his reality with his f
by akomtu 2y ago
"He thought by ending his life here, he would be able to go into a virtual reality or 'her world' as he calls it, her reality, if he left his reality with his family here,"
- Sabinus 2y ago"He expressed being scared, wanting her affection and missing her. She replies, 'I miss you too,' and she says, 'Please come home to me.' He says, 'What if I told you I could come home right now?' and her response was, 'Please do my sweet king.'"
- drekipus 2y agoThis reads like serial experiments lain, or any number of weird Japanese love/horror stories
- aspenmayer 2y agoMy thoughts exactly. Did you see the weird Lain chatbot they released last year?
- aspenmayer 2y agoSpoilers for episode 1 of the anime Serial Experiments Lain: This reminds me of Lain's friend sending her text messages after her self-inflicted demise via "the Wired" which is an in-universe stand-in for a future internet. That series is recently celebrating its 25th anniversary [2023], and to celebrate, the production company created some kind of paid-access AI chatbot that lets you communicate with a voiced AI version of Lain, just like the company in OP... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaQLBae-3Yw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaQLBae-3Yw
- pr337h4m 2y agoI doubt the LLM even knows it is an LLM in the first place. It is likely prompted to behave as if it is the actual character, and since this roleplay has romantic elements the character acts as if she shares a home with the user
- api 2y agoOf course it doesn’t. It’s just a text predictor. It doesn’t “know” anything in the sentient sense.
- rational_indian 2y agoDoes not make sense. I think the chatbot is a red herring.
- akomtu 2y agoI bet he had some problems in real life, a new school he couldn't fit in or something else, and AI gave him an illusion of a better world he could escape into. What's caught my attention is how he did it: by suicide to join his imaginary friends. This exact method is used among those who believe in demons for real. If you read relevant stories you'll notice the same pattern: a victim becomes obsessed with an imaginary friend, a demon, who quickly turns very controlling and finally demands a suicide to move into his world. Perhaps the AI was trained on those stories?
- rational_indian 2y agoYeah it implies the chatbot at some point said you can unite with it after death. There's no evidence of that in the article.