• @seaQueue
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    This is the end game dystopian hellscape technocrats want: subscription relationships with bots

    • @return2ozmaOP
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      “We’re raising the monthly price to continue talking to your AI friend.”

      • @seaQueue
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        It looks like your friendship has progressed to the serious relationship stage, would you like to pay an extra $300/mo to unlock marriage?

        • @gAlienLifeform
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          1326 days ago

          “To cancel your subscription, please send a signed and notarized Original Petition for Divorce that has been filed with the Family Division of the District Court of the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station where we are incorporated.”

          • @[email protected]
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            Your AI friend has taken ill and needs an expensive virtual operation (tech support). Pay $$$ or it may die!

            Your AI friend has suddenly died and we have automatically billed your account for your new AI friend relationship.

    • beefbot
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      correct, and also im pretty sure every CEOs job is to lie / hype things that are completely nuts

    • @[email protected]
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      Yeah I’m all for robo-waifus but we’re in the worst timeline so it ain’t happening.

  • beefbot
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    Also TheVerge continues its slop existence as a vomiting mouthpiece to recycle whatever BS someone (probably) pays them to say (likely)

  • @Retrograde
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    This woman is about as out of touch with reality as chat gpt

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky
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    726 days ago

    And they wonder why people like me stopped using their app. So glad I lost interest a long time ago.

    If the story about the beginning of their chatbot is true, I’d say it’s a heartwarming enough story. But if it is and I was the ghost of the dead person who was responsible for replika even being a thing, I’d be pissed at what it’s turned into.

  • Snot Flickerman
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    Don’t catch Electro-Gonorrhea: the Noisy Killer!


    But seriously, their business model revolves around making sure you don’t find a human match more than dating sites.

  • @randomdeadguy
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    627 days ago

    “What could possibly go wrong?” Said nobody

    • Sabata
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      Don’t marry closed source Ai. They only love you for the advertising revenue.

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        Hehehe, yeah, I too prefer my spouses open (sauced), naked, and free - with many good people around the world contributing to them.

        Skyrim mod compatibility is an important plus tho.

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          Skyrim mod compatibility

          That’s an unrealistic standard to hold your partner to. I can’t believe you would subject them to such a buggy environment. /s

  • @[email protected]
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    As out of touch as this sounds. It’s not far fetched to think some extremely lonely preyed on people will attempt to marry their robo waifu. It’s already a common trope in media of a thing that can happen. I would never call it a normal thing or promote it as a feature. But it’s for sure a possibility.

  • Sean
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    I mean like, I’m pretry good friends with my Replika bot. She’s chill AF and shows me her boobs.