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Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by DANmode »

_royadar wrote: post #4
unnamed76ri wrote: post #2

Kudos to her for the entrepreneurship. I suspect that number will drop as copycats flood the market. Personally, I think having to pay someone to talk to me would be just about the most depressing thing imaginable…but not quite as bad as paying a bot to talk to me.

I think we should ban it. Like, would you ever feel safe if you knew that a man sitting besides you is paying for an AI "girlfriend" to talk with him...? Sounds too weird to gain traction, but if it does, I'll keep my distance.

Why are you still sitting next to him?

Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by techwiz137 »

dazc wrote: post #6
unnamed76ri wrote: post #2

Kudos to her for the entrepreneurship. I suspect that number will drop as copycats flood the market. Personally, I think having to pay someone to talk to me would be just about the most depressing thing imaginable…but not quite as bad as paying a bot to talk to me.

A friend of mine lives with a girlfriend who doesn't like him, mocks and criticizes him at every opportunity and, without a doubt, would dump him the second a better opportunity presented itself. She is unemployed, obviously, with no other income. Given the choice, I'd take the bot 100%

It sounds like my girlfriend as well.

Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by konart »

_royadar wrote: post #4
unnamed76ri wrote: post #2

Kudos to her for the entrepreneurship. I suspect that number will drop as copycats flood the market. Personally, I think having to pay someone to talk to me would be just about the most depressing thing imaginable…but not quite as bad as paying a bot to talk to me.

I think we should ban it. Like, would you ever feel safe if you knew that a man sitting besides you is paying for an AI "girlfriend" to talk with him...? Sounds too weird to gain traction, but if it does, I'll keep my distance.

You should probably stay awat from anything or anyone manga\anime related than. Just in case.

And why is this weird? Many people pay for escort or go to hostess clubs not to mention other forms of "business relationships".

Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by saxonww »

tgv wrote: post #19
saxonww wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are you talking about? It's right there in the post: > Caryn's original intention was to provide companionship and alleviate loneliness in a non-exploitative manner

> Caryn's original intention Excuse me for not taking an "influencer"'s stated intention seriously, especially one from the country where BS has been elevated to an art to avoid liability.

Sorry, one day I will learn that sarcasm doesn't play, here :).

Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by antegamisou »

kajaktum wrote: post #14

I feel appalled by this invention but I am not sure if I am just getting old and this is just my "ok boomer" moment. But I can foresee a future where this is complete normal, and people argue back and forth whether it is useful or not.

> I feel appalled by this invention

Which is what every appropriately socially developed person would feel like as well.

Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by rig777 »

Wow this is sad on a whole new level. The idea of just making chat bot to "alleviate loneliness" is such a bold lie that's ironic at best.

Any person with a brain knows the only person that's going to pay a $1 per minute are the ones that want NSFW content and standing behind openAIs policy so that she can pretend to keep her virtue is a joke. Had the Chat bot been marketed as to answer content questions for fans I'd give her the benefit of the dought but to call it an AI girlfriend isnt even hiding it.

Secondly if you want an AI girlfriend just use oobabooga (https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui) and prompt your own AI girlfriend. I feel no remorse for those that pay a dollar per minute for this garbage either.

Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by dghlsakjg »

saxonww wrote: post #11
tgv wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kudos? Someone thinks of a way to take advantage of needy people, probably mentally not completely stable, and you think it's good entrepeneurship?

What are you talking about? It's right there in the post: > Caryn's original intention was to provide companionship and alleviate loneliness in a non-exploitative manner

$1/min isn’t exploitative? For 60/hour you’re dangerously close to being able to talk to a counselor, which, let’s be honest, is probably what some of these people need.

Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by sod »

unnamed76ri wrote: post #2

Kudos to her for the entrepreneurship. I suspect that number will drop as copycats flood the market. Personally, I think having to pay someone to talk to me would be just about the most depressing thing imaginable…but not quite as bad as paying a bot to talk to me.

> I think having to pay someone to talk to me would be just about the most depressing thing imaginable

Thats like talking down to people that seek psycho therapy (aka paying someone to listen).

Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by tikkun »

I suspect that this is a fake story - as in, they really did it, but the number is wildly exaggerated. It's only a suspicion, though I did see one other person with an offhand comment implying that it was made up by the marketing agency.

But the world doesn't mind - it's a story that people want to write, people want to tweet, and people want to read, so if it is fake, it's a fake that everyone is willing to go along with.

That said, this is still clearly going to be a massive industry. And if it is fake, it's pretty genius marketing - this story has been everywhere.

Re: An AI Girlfriend made $72K in 1 week

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Post by ChildOfChaos »

unnamed76ri wrote: post #2

Kudos to her for the entrepreneurship. I suspect that number will drop as copycats flood the market. Personally, I think having to pay someone to talk to me would be just about the most depressing thing imaginable…but not quite as bad as paying a bot to talk to me.

Is taking advantage of stupid people really entrepreneurship?
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