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GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion

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Re: GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion

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Post by michaelmior »

logicchains wrote: post #75
Fatboyrunning wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People already have unhealthy parasocial relationships with influencers. It seems clear that people (lonely/depressed people especially) will overdose on this sort of thing once it is developed, commercialised, and less bleeding edge. It's vapour filling the place of human connection. It's stevia. It's not going to give you cancer, but it's still unhealthy and will certainly exceed the parameters of entertainment.

> People already have unhealthy parasocial relationships with influencers. At least if they switch from parasocial relationships with influencers to parasocial relationships with open source bots they won't be financially exploited by the influencers. GPT doesn't have anything to sell us.

> they won't be financially exploited by the influencers. GPT doesn't have anything to sell us.

Except the vast majority of people aren't able to host such a bot themselves, so it seems inevitable that paid hosting services for such bots will arise. Then there's just the potential for financial exploitation at greater scale.

Re: GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion

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Post by EniasCailliau »

0zemp2c wrote: post #84
bleep_bloop wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. While not me personally, there is obviously a market (Japan comes to mind) for virtual, non-human based interactions and relationships. While it seems pretty clear to me subjectively that removing human interaction from your life has a negative effect it's still desired by some and they're entitled to that.

The very last thing shut-in men in Japan need is a SaaS virtual girlfriend

What if it helps them gain confidence? You could see a AI companion as a safe space to explore social interaction.

Re: GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion

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Post by EniasCailliau »

echelon wrote: post #28
jakkos wrote: post #4

I'm very torn on this. On one hand, I think that personalized OSS AIs are the future from a pure utility perspective, and it will inevitably be "more fun" for them to have personalities. I also think that if someone is deriving joy from something and not harming anyone else, who I am to judge them. On the other, I've already found myself asking ChatGPT questions that I would have asked on a forum/discord or even a co…

Amouranth is running one of these for fans at a rate of $1/minute [1, 2]. Supposedly already raking in money. With that example, the flood gates are about to open. [1] https://kotaku.com/twitch-streamer-kaitlyn-amouranth-siragus... [2] https://www.polygon.com/23733515/amouranth-ai-chatbot-foreve...

Wow. Missed this update. Thanks for sharing!

Re: GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion

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Post by hammyhavoc »

naillo wrote: post #42
jakkos wrote: post #4

I'm very torn on this. On one hand, I think that personalized OSS AIs are the future from a pure utility perspective, and it will inevitably be "more fun" for them to have personalities. I also think that if someone is deriving joy from something and not harming anyone else, who I am to judge them. On the other, I've already found myself asking ChatGPT questions that I would have asked on a forum/discord or even a co…

I think of it as simply entertainment. It won't replace real human interaction with a partner but it's a fun consequence free environment. Tv shows act out dramatic scenes that would be traumatic and have real consequences if you experienced them in real life, but on the screen you get to play around with the idea in your head in a safe area and maybe learn something in the process.

A consequence-free environment doesn't necessarily mean a lack of consequences psychologically though.

Re: GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion

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Post by cauliflower99 »

This does not bode well for the future. We are at a record low for interaction between men and women as it stands. Bringing in substitutes for social interaction just plays into the problem. This will not cure loneliness - these types of initiatives will increase loneliness in the long term.

There is one thing that cures loneliness - talking to other people and developing relationships.

Re: GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion

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Post by EniasCailliau »

sschueller wrote: post #36

I am more worried about this being the perfect tool for scammers than people reducing social interaction. Set it up on dating sites and let it "prime" users until you take over to do the scam.

Me too. That's why I wanted to turn it more open source. So many companies are already monetising this relatively simple agent model.

Re: GirlfriendGPT – OSS AI Companion

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Post by mritchie712 »

danwee wrote: post #67

There is something I don't understand (from a tech point of view). Why call it GirlfriendGPT if 99% of the code is generic code for a fancy whatever-you-want-it-to-be chatGPT? The only thing that makes the answers "girlfriend-like" is this file https://github.com/EniasCailliau/GirlfriendGPT/blob/main/src... So, it should be tremendously easy to turn GirlfriendGPT into "BestFriendGPT" or "LinusTorvaldsGPT" or whatever…

> Why call it GirlfriendGPT

Marketing. I'd bet it wouldn't have gotten as many upvotes if it was called BestFriendGPT with the exact same code base.

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