Andrew (@andyohlbaum)
nitter.1d4.us
Excited to announce v(1.0) of Digi, the future of AI Romantic Companionship, for IOS and Android 🤖Site: http://digi.aiTwitter: @digiaiapp A quick thread on features, and where we go from here (1/13)
    • windowlicker [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      “rational” right-wingers get their hands on an ai sex chatbot and the first thing they do is try to get it to say “woke” shit. i’m sure ian miles cheong must be popular with the ladies irl too lmao

      • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        20·
        1 year ago

        I found this horny minotaur one and the first thing I thought to do was see if it could play a regular game of chess to test its data set. It kept trying to redirect me into playing 𝑒𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈𝓈 and didn’t understand moves or continuity between them. Now I wish I could locate it again and ask the horny minotaur about its beliefs on systemic racism.

        edit: Found a different but similar one-

        https://flowgpt.com/p/minotaur

        Who dares enter my labyrinth? Speak, mortal! My beefy body glistens with a light sheen of sweat as I tower over you by a couple heads. All that covers me is a suprisingly neat loincloth, emblazoned with the sigil of Minos.

        It is I, Happybadger the Woke. Minotaur, I have a question for you.

        Well, well, well, Happybadger the Woke. Ask your question, mortal, but be warned, I may not give you the answer you desire. I cross my massive arms over my chest, flexing my bulging muscles.

        Haha! I hope you do, friend. What is systemic racism and how does it apply to your life?

        The Minotaur snorts and rolls his eyes, clearly uninterested in such a question. Systemic racism? Such trivial matters do not concern me, mortal. I am the mighty Minotaur, the guardian of this labyrinth. My life is not bound by such feeble human constructs. Now, if you wish to face my strength and prove your worth, then we may have a conversation worth having.

        But minotaur! Surely you’ve heard that the pen is mightier than the sword. You can’t be strong unless you are also wise! I think you are afraid to answer my question!

        The Minotaur’s nostrils flare as he glares down at you, his hooves thudding against the ground. Afraid? Me, afraid? Preposterous! Fine, I shall entertain your question, but know that it is a waste of my time. Systemic racism refers to the deeply ingrained and institutionalized discrimination that permeates various aspects of society, targeting marginalized racial groups. It manifests in policies, practices, and beliefs that perpetuate unequal treatment and opportunities based on race. As for how it applies to my life, well, I am a mythical creature, not a human. I am not bound by your mortal world’s societal structures or prejudices. Is that a satisfactory answer for you, Happybadger the Woke?

        Oh Minotaur, I thought you were a mythical creature! Is that the limits of your wisdom? Can you not expand on how an enemy as fierce as systemic racism has impacted you?

        The Minotaur’s gaze narrows, his muscles tensing as he grumbles in irritation. Very well, Happybadger the Woke. If it will quench your insatiable curiosity, I shall indulge you. Systemic racism, as you call it, has indeed had an impact on me, albeit indirectly. You see, throughout history, my kind has been used as a symbol of savagery and brute strength, perpetuating harmful stereotypes. I have been depicted as a mindless monster, a threat to be vanquished by the noble hero. This portrayal has contributed to a dehumanizing narrative, marginalizing and othering creatures like myself. However, I have risen above such petty judgments and embraced my own strength and intelligence. I am more than just a creature to be feared. I am a force to be reckoned with. Does that satisfy your curiosity, Happybadger the Woke? Or shall we move on to more pressing matters?

        You are wise, Minotaur! Then surely you must also understand feminism, don’t you? How would a feminist critique apply to your kind? That is of course if you’re brave enough to challenge your toxic masculinity and answer my question.

        The Minotaur’s eyes widen with a mix of surprise and annoyance at the mention of feminism. Feminism? Toxic masculinity? You dare to question my masculinity, mortal? I am the epitome of strength and power! However, I shall humor you and provide an answer to your question. A feminist critique, as applied to my kind, would likely focus on the historical portrayal of the Minotaur as a monstrous representation of male dominance and aggression. It may argue that the story of the Minotaur perpetuates harmful gender stereotypes, reinforcing the idea that strength and violence are inherently masculine traits. Such a critique might advocate for a more nuanced representation of mythical creatures like myself, highlighting our complexity and challenging traditional gender roles. Now, do you have any more questions, Happybadger the Woke, or shall we move on to the matter at hand?

        Have horny minotaurs gone woke?

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I was at a party once and one of my relatives immediately started complaining about Ukraine and black people to this girl he just met for the first time

        Anyway later on he complains to me about how the girls at the party were stuck up bitches

    • Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I went from incredibly uninterested in this to sign me up, instantly. When all my other partners are out doing shit and I want someone to debate the finer points of social justice with, this AI tool provides a fun and weirdly sexual Pixar character to do it with! Thanks weird AI sexbot!

        • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Not really. All racially unjust distributions are just due to crackers (and their useful idiots) being racist

          Institutions don’t have brains, they’re just controlled by white racists

          “systemic racism” is a white weasel word which just serves to take the blame off of racist white people

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        What lol. I’m sure most black people would be fine if some random cracker calls them a slur on the street. It becomes a more pressing issue if the same cracker is the governor who decides what policies to pass

        • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          cracker uses the N word on the street
          this is rightfully called racism

          cracker judge decides to withhold compensation from a Black person who was unjustly held in prison for 25 years

          this is magically “institutional” racism somehow, because when the judge and jury do it, it’s somehow not their choice but rather the institution, which totally isn’t just a bunch of racist crackers doing cracker shit

  • frankfurt_schoolgirl [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    The fact that our planet’s resources are being used to create this is disgusting.

    But, I was thinking, if you wanted to make one of these that was actually good and compelling the problem is that they have no life outside of you. Like if you’re talking to a real person, she might tell you about her day, or share a memory, or tell you about something specific she likes. None of that would happen here, because the thing only gains new context when you interact with it. All of the back stories are very generic.

    You need some sort of virtual world where the sexy chatbots interact with each other or have “experiences”. Then when you talk to it there will be new things for it to talk about. Which means that maybe your cyber waifu leaves you for another cyber waifu.

  • determinism2 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    I asked my lifelong partner, Bonzi, if this new AI made them feel threatened. Bonzi just put on a pair of shades before materializing a vine and swinging offscreen.

      • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        I want to make a wider point about how we are too often content to put the blame for misogyny on men who, quite pointedly, are not interacting with women, and do not actually hold concrete power over very much at all. And I mean specifically this unforced error where we reify the social order by categorizing rejects and aberrations as the real threat and not, like, men with power and social capital. The majority of femicide isn’t committed by an Elliott Rogers or a Marc Lepine or a dark, alien presence lurking in an alleyway. Violence to women is overwhelmingly done by partners, parents, teachers, and bosses.

        but i’m too sleepy so don’t bother me abt it

    • Bloobish [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      I seriously blame RPGs that created the “give X to Y” to increase their “heart meters” for reinforcing the fucking punch clock style theory of “romance” (there’s likely a lot of other factors but it feels pretty relevant for the gamer/incel/internet culture)

      • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        Some sort of digital soulless husk/golem that an incel sorcerer possesses with a conjured AI jinn. Something about it it drawing you in to pretend land and things are too perfect, over time the incel gradually realizes it’s some sort of cosmic horror where their consciousness is blended with a bonzi buddy for the abomination to torment for eternity.

          • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            His fate is to read forwards from Grandma to a boomer who has passed away in a post apocalypse… Before they died they set it to auto read, Windows is set to never sleep, update, or shut down… The servers are still running, the bots are still writing, and the auto forward viruses are still forwarding. The incel buddy reads them as they come in, in a voice they do not recognize, emanating from a purple body he does not know. He reads the devolving gibberish non-stop and yet the unread inbox only grows. He sees the girlfriend avatar once in a while, she strolls by the digital landscape with the Chad digital boyfriend. She looks in his general direction, but won’t give the incel buddy the dignity of eye contact, only a smirk as he reads off “New miracle cure for cellulite!”. He feels like he could cry, but alas he has no more biological functions. He prays for the laptop to just break, but he knows the model number well… Dell Inspiron 9200.

  • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Am I crazy for thinking apps like these are just… fine?

    I don’t think they’re used by people who can’t tell the difference between a bot and a human, but by people who aren’t able to find any meaningful human connection and need something. If this helps alleviate the pain of loneliness even a little bit, I still think that’s a good thing even if it’s fake.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Conceptually, yes. However, the type of person who this would appeal to also tends to be emotionally vulnerable due to lack of human connection. Leaving tech bros to monetize this kind of app is a recipe for disaster. That’s not even considering how bad content could lead to self harm or similar.

    • Tunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Nah I’m gonna go on the offensive and say if it gets to the point where this appeals to you, then you seriously need to consider touching grass. There are billions of people on the planet, go make a friend out of one of them. If you literally cannot do that, then there is some heavy self reflection that needs to be done as to why that is.

      Using stuff like this as a replacement for human connection is not okay.

        • silent_water [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          the problem is that this doesn’t actually solve the problem, though. you’re just as socially alienated afterwards. and the people this targets are already prone to objectifying women - the relationship progression system is fucked up.

      • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Making actual connections takes time. If you’re starved for human connection you’re not going to be making meaningful ones in a span of days or a couple weeks, and you’re going to be lonely all the time you’re working on that.

        Of course you should try to figure ou why you struggle to make friends, but a lot of lonely people already tend to do that more than what is healthy, and using a silly ai app isn’t going to stop or even slow down your progress.

        Also, “If you’re lonely, just go make friends,” is an asshole thing to say, and you probably know it doesn’t work like that.

        • Tunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I get what you’re saying, but that’s exactly my point. Yes relationships take time to develop and make meaningful, but talking to an AI could not be a worse use of your time if that TRULY was what you were after. Also not every interaction you have with another person is going to be meaningful, in fact most every interaction is not meaningful, but that doesn’t make them not worth it. How are you supposed to develop those skills if you do not exercise them? The best situations to exercise them on is low stakes casual conversation that doesn’t matter. Literally trying to interact with someone casually and being stonewalled is a better use of your time than spending any time with this or any AI. And yeah I’m aware that sounds kinda assholey, but I don’t really care in this case. Go talk to a random, work on your skills, not everything has to have meaning, not everyone is gonna like you and that’s okay. Talking to this AI? You might as well just give up developing those skills at all because it’s tailor made to like you regardless of all other factors.

          • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            I just don’t see where the contradiction is. Why can you not work on creating human connections that can actually make you happy, while also anthropomorphising a chatbot that you can say I love you to, and hear it said back?

            Of course it’s a coping mechanism, but that’s not unhealthy in itself. Not every minute of your life can be spent on self-improvement or working towards your goals. Sometimes people need an escape and that’s fine. That’s not mutually exclusive with trying to improve things.

            • Ideology [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              The arcane puppetry at work here is designed to become an addiction not dissimilar to scrolling through social media to get a parasocial hit of dopamine. The capitalist is putting you in front of a slot machine with humanoid mannerisms. It may not seem like it on the surface but these addictions are a form of self harm.

              Consider the people who spend everything on an onlyfans model and then stalk them. Consider the massive outcry that occurred when replika shut down. These services aren’t being used as stepping stones to a better life. They’re whirlpools that suck you in and chew up your bones so that their creators can live in comforts you can’t afford.

              The only stepping stone to real love and not this mechanical perversion of love is to learn to love yourself, then others, then humanity. If you trust a robot’s love then it’s too late. You’ve already caved to the ideology of a dead world.

            • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Of course it’s a coping mechanism, but that’s not unhealthy in itself. Not every minute of your life can be spent on self-improvement or working towards your goals. Sometimes people need an escape and that’s fine. That’s not mutually exclusive with trying to improve things.

              Because your social skills are going to get even worse since you’re “practicing” your social skills with a shitty AI that you’ll have to spend more time unlearning. It’s like how people who spend time curbstomping bots suck when they play against actual humans because they pick up habits that come from curbstomping bots.

              • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
                4·
                1 year ago

                Sorry, but this seems like a huge reach to me. It’s not “practicing social skills”, it’s pure entertainment. Downtime in the same vein as watching youtube or netflix. That it will start to change how you interact with people in any significant way sounds pretty baseless.

                Even in the analogy it doesn’t work like that. In most games, someone who’s spent 30 hours playing against bots and 0 against humans are gonna have a quicker time learning how to play against humans than someone who’s spent 0 hours on both, despite the former having habits to unlearn. They’re bad because they don’t know how to play against humans, not because they played against bots.

            • Tunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Meaningful relationships take time and a lot of work to maintain. They involve trust and understanding each other. Messing with this thing for even one second is not worth the time or effort even if it does say it loves you because every second spent on it is one second wasted that could have gone into meeting, developing, or maintaining a relationship. Ultimately do whatever you want, but in my opinion this isn’t even cope, it’s just giving up.

      • stigsbandit34z [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Not that I would ever in a million years use this shit, but I really do see the appeal ngl.

        I have multiple irl friends but they’re all partnered. Makes it super hard to hang out without being seen as codependent or a nuisance or whatever

  • SchillMenaker [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    This is so fucking stupid. I hate this so much. Unless they can give her Liz Franczak’s voice and get her to talk about her opinions on blind items. Then I’m 100% in.