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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

One of the things people were originally selling the idea of AI companions on was the therapeutic value, but I don't have high hopes this company will try to de-incel their clients with their AI girlfriends providing pushback on unreasonable ideas.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I agree. At least with Replika, they updated the LLMs that gave the Reps the opportunity to reject advances (I think this is to disable ERP or something) and there was a crisis within its consumer base. It's gonna be very difficult to give users mental help with AI alone, especially when it's part of a commercial product where its affective behavior becomes a drive to more purchases.