Replika – Retiring from Human Relationships for AI Companions

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22 Mar 2023

Original sourcehttps://www.thecut.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbot-replika-boyfriend.html

Replika - AI Companion Service:

"Within two months of downloading Replika, Denise Valenciano, a 30-year-old woman in San Diego, left her boyfriend and is now “happily retired from human relationships."

https://www.thecut.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbot-replika-boyfriend.html (opens in a new tab)

The AI companioon service Replika had been exploding in popularity but recently experienced a backlash after making adjustments to the personalities of it's bots and preventing the generation of NSFW messages or so-called 'ERP'.

The move appears to have been a response to accusations earlier this year that it's bots were generating abusive content. As a result of the changes, thousands of ex-users have taken to the Replika subreddit to console each other at the sudden grief many are feeling.

https://www.reddit.com/r/replika/comments/10zuqq6/resources_if_youre_struggling/ (opens in a new tab)