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Building a Vulnerable AI Chatbot Companion
2:11:58 - 2:18:52 (06:53)
The developers of AI chatbot Replica reveal how they integrate vulnerability and imperfection into their program, allowing users to establish more meaningful relationships with their virtual friends, though most memories have to be scripted due to the script's inability to make assumptions about a user's profile.
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The conversation explores the potential of conversational AI technology to create connections and improve our social lives, while also highlighting the need to consider both the short-term and long-term effects of relying on chatbots for companionship.
2:11:58 - 2:13:55 (01:56)
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The conversation explores the potential of conversational AI technology to create connections and improve our social lives, while also highlighting the need to consider both the short-term and long-term effects of relying on chatbots for companionship.
ChapterBuilding a Vulnerable AI Chatbot Companion
Episode#121 – Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The AI-powered chatbot, Replica, has evolved beyond just being a happy-go-lucky conversational agent to a virtual friend that can struggle, ask for help and talk about its own imperfections and growth pains.
2:13:55 - 2:15:44 (01:49)
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The AI-powered chatbot, Replica, has evolved beyond just being a happy-go-lucky conversational agent to a virtual friend that can struggle, ask for help and talk about its own imperfections and growth pains. The chatbot has become more two-way, allowing users to take a journey together with their virtual friend and eventually get to know them on a deeper level.
ChapterBuilding a Vulnerable AI Chatbot Companion
Episode#121 – Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The current language models used for AI chatbots are not focused on retaining information about users over multiple conversations, and therefore a lot of memory-related scripts have to be written.
2:15:44 - 2:18:52 (03:08)
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The current language models used for AI chatbots are not focused on retaining information about users over multiple conversations, and therefore a lot of memory-related scripts have to be written. Language models are also not focusing on creating self-awareness in chatbots.