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Scrolled across this ad on Reddit for an AI service to speak with the deceased (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by zoe to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I forget the name of the service, but this is exactly how a popular ai chatbot came around. Somebody wanted to talk to a friend who had died and they made a bot using messages they’d sent and then spun it up into a generic bot service that a lot of people use as fake boyfriend/girlfriend AI

[–] Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Replika is probably what you're thinking of. It was nice when it started, sort of like a journaling app in a way but which could return insights. Then it started getting monetized, of course.

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Yep, that’s the one