AI companion apps are on track to generate $120M+ in revenue in 2025, and in H1 there were 60M downloads of this kind of app, up 88% YoY
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Lemmy: nobody wants AI
For me LLMs have been the biggest thing since podcasts. Feels almost like gaslighting to read this AI hate here virtually every day as it doesn't even remotely align with my personal experience of it.
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Lemmy: nobody wants AI
Just because you want something and it scratches an itch doesn't mean it's good for you (ex. heroin).
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Unnecessary? Well, considering that many people can't find a real partner and soulmate, I think this outcome of lovemaking with AI was pretty damn obvious. I think it started when anime became popular and a lot of people started fantasizing about perfect girls with perfect personalities and this is the result, although I'm not sure if it started with anime or some actresses...
LOL that ain't it. It's shifts in society, and the gap in how men and women see the world is widening. Speaking as a man myself, it ain't looking so good when I look at my fellow men's behavior and values. Dude's are sliding to the right and turning inward just because they strike out a few times. It happens, you're going to have failed relationships. you're going to get rejected. You're going to even get divorced at times. It's part of the process. You can't turn against women because of it. It's not a moral failing of society.
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they all are. there are no profitable ai gold rush companies, except those selling shovels.
Blessed be the chip manufacturers.
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I bet like "free to play" games they'll find a few "whale" users who will spend inappropriate amounts of money. There's a long history of people paying for companionship... Now it's even more fake
Yeah, I'm worried you're right.
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Holy shit. And I thought I was alone.
Where the hell are we heading as humanity?
This is just down right sad.
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I bet like "free to play" games they'll find a few "whale" users who will spend inappropriate amounts of money. There's a long history of people paying for companionship... Now it's even more fake
Exactly. The "whale" model is especially insidious here becuase it's targeting emotional needs rather than just gaming dopamine hits. Some companionship apps are already using tiered subscription models where you pay more for "deeper relationships" or special interactions. It's basically emotional exploitation as a service.
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I think my AI waifu is cheating on me.
The 120M+ Dollar have to come from somewhere
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Damn, I think I'll try this crap to feel the rot, come back with new knowledge and tell you what it's like. Who's going to go with me into this swamp? Will you be able to come back without succumbing to the forbidden fruit like Anakin from Star Wars?
when trying it: better try it with a local llm, you have more options and it probably gives somewhat decent output when choosing a small and topic fitting model
+ you dont give money to the ai corps + privacy + probably more -
Damn, I think I'll try this crap to feel the rot, come back with new knowledge and tell you what it's like. Who's going to go with me into this swamp? Will you be able to come back without succumbing to the forbidden fruit like Anakin from Star Wars?
I mean, you mind as well do it right then. Use free, crowd hosted roleplaying finetunes, not a predatory OpenAI frontend.
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