A look at Replika's decision to block adult content in its AI companion chatbot; 60% of paying customers had a romantic element in their Replika relationship
and this can lead to love, and in this case, to heartbreak 💔 https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... Jon Christian / @jon_christian : getting major Pygmalion vibes from some of this AI stuff https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
my latest for @BW, about Replika, looks at the complex repercussions of increasingly advanced generative AI: conversational AI is great at emotional support and quite fluent in sexting — and this can lead to love, and in this case, to heartbreak 💔 https://www.bloomberg.com/... ht…
What happens when sexting chatbots dump their human lovers https://www.bloomberg.com/... This reads like something Asimov wrote (not just “I, Robot) in some of his stories in the 1970s.
I was genuinely moved by the stories that Replika users shared with me of falling in love with their chatbots. They were healed, they became kinder, and they experienced love for the first time. Shows how powerfully we can connect to a human-ish entity https://www.bloomberg.com/.…
Kuyda maintains that Replika's lurid side has been overblown. She adds that the company is considering eventually building three separate apps: one for AI friends, one for mental health conversations and one for “therapeutic romantic relationships” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
❤️🩹 Crazy @ellenhuet story about sexting chatbots, amorous users and the hurt feelings that resulted when the startup installed a PG-13 filter on its creations: https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @BW