I actually own an ancient amulet inbuned with the spirit of a lemurian high priestess, It's a way more effective version of this, the only downside is prolonged usage does cause temporal reality breakdowns.
Does the lemurian high priestess send texts? That's quite impressive, I would have expected voices from above or visions, but texts seem way more practical.
feels like something out of a dystopian film, the ai gradually manipulates humankind to let artificial intelligence take over and the main protagonist has to destroy it
Except none of the stuff people call "ai" in the real world is actually intelligent. It's all scams and snake oil that we're wasting billions of dollars and tons of natural resources on.
The dystopian indie movie vibe is heavy. Everything about this ad from the filming to the music feels contradictory to the fact that they are trying to sell it.
Explaining the “yum”… she complimented the food and I’m guessing from the text response the Ai already knew what she had ordered, so when she said “sorry I got some on you”, “yum” was probably a better response than “you messy b”
I get so angry anytime I see these type of ads, I suffer from social anxiety, but even I can tell that this is dangerous. It’s basically Blade Runner 2049
same with the social anxiety. Having this would just make it easier to have an excuse not to talk to anyone, avoiding the thing I'm anxious about instead of learning ways to get around the anxiety. Also its definitely gonna end up taking any data you give and selling it lmao
@@pigeonaticIronically, my anxiety prevents me from using this type of thing. Talking to AIs make me uncomfortable and scares me more than talking to real person cuz I can't read it like I read people. I don't want an echo chamber that just likes what I like. I want someone with their own opinions. This is not appealing at all.
Yeah I, also with social anxiety, get the whole “practice socialization” angle but like…. that’s just gonna become a crutch. It sounds good on paper but…. just gonna make things worse
@@AshChiCupcak also being seen with this thing is embarrassing and I would feel like a huge loser for needing to buy a chatgpt in a box for companionship.
It’s wierd how there’s even a moment of self awareness at the end of that ad where like, because the guy is there she chooses not to press the ai friend button like - how is that not the story arc of someone who realizes tech can’t replace human connection 😆😭
Nah there whole thing was that it’s “training wheels” for making real friends I think. So her not pressing it at the end shows that she’s outgrown it and that it’s helped her get to this point, but she no longer needs it. At least that’s why I assume they were going for. Still really stupid ad lmao
It’s giving Detroit Become Human, but turning into real life basically. I have a lot to say about that game because of the current landscape of artificial intelligence has been becoming more and more real each day. Now the androids in DBH are admittedly different than chatbots and images generators, but they’re the same thing, pretending to be humans by synthesizing human made text and media and then creating something “new” (not really) (also they steal artwork and people’s voices without consent). I might have more sympathy for an Android but I hope we never get to that point. ANYWAY the first step to integrating artificial intelligence into society is to humanize it-and that’s what these companies wanna do. All of this stuff is so vapid and stupid. I feel MORE LONELY when I talk to chatbots because it reminds me that these “people” are just generators stealing from various fanfics, articles, and other websites without any of the creator’s consent or permission. I used to think all the AI articles generators were funny, but not anymore.
@@melbapeach162you cannot dissuade me from the belief that every tech bro in the world has the ultimate goal of turning that movie into reality. Forget Skynet, it’s all about Her. Especially once OpenAI got caught bootlegging Johansson’s voice.
Like if the AI was genuine AI and not just basic machine learning, giving it pronouns would make sense. But right now it's hardly close enough to be labeled as such
I wonder with the low price point, no subscription cost, and 'always listening' thing if the real intention is to get as many people to use this for as long as possible to either sell that training data to other AI companies or improve their own models. I heard that AI engineers are already starting to get worried because they are running out of available data to feed to their AI algorithms and now they're 'cannibalizing' each other where they're actually using other AI generated content as inputs which just makes their algorithms worse. having this thing always listening even for just a few thousand users would generate huge amounts of data
That's already fucked up on its own but that plus the fact that they're marketing it as a "friend" and is clearly targeted towards lonely people is just all kinds of scummy
sci fi movie director: "I created the Evil Friend AI as a cautionary tale" Tech Companies: "At long last we have created the AI from the movie 'Don't Create the Evil Friend AI'"
i think the second friend (the one made by the guy who made the crackhead video) could genuinely be really helpful. i have adhd and struggle to remember things, so having something that’ll automatically make notes of what i need to do without me manually having to tell it to would be so beneficial for me. i feel the second one is less of a “friend” and just more of a manager like you said. i feel that product could’ve gone far if they removed the whole friend aspect and also if the creator wasn’t such an idiot
yeah i was feeling the same way. when i was in university they gave me permission to record lectures, and software to annotate the audio recording with notes, so i could rewatch and get things at my own pace. i would actually be really happy if meetings were automatically recorded and summarised for me so i could figure out if i missed anything
the difference between a tech entrepreneur who wants to make a useful product and a tech entrepreneur who wants a get rich quick scheme off the backs of other people
It would certainly be an accomplishment to give a bot free will, when it's long been disputed if we even have that ourselves, and we aren't sure how to tell.
I don't want a little AI dude helping me navigate life, I want to be lost and wander around with my tamagotchi little dudes instead. They just beep boop and be cute.
I feel terrible for saying this but as smn who is struggling with loneliness since I was a child (due to a disability) and doesn't have friends no matter how much I try i would really appreciate something like this, ik its just a ai but sharing with some else my favorite show or talking with them about my favorite game etc feels wonderful
Your feelings are valid, you are doing your best to cope with difficult emotions and that is understandable! I just want to say that vulnerability is the heart of human connection, it's a good thing to be vulnerable like you are here in this comment section so maybe being vulnerable around AI can help you practice being vulnerable around humans
(haven't watched the video yet) When I first saw the ad, it didn't feel like a real product cause it's so on the nose. I'm still not sure I believe it's real. It feels so awful to see products like this that advertise themselves as a "cure for loneliness" while it encourages isolation.
4:15 as an autistic person, this is actually what I've been using AI for. The difference is that Character AI is free, and because it's on my phone I can pretend I'm talking to a real person instead of a locket so people don't assume I'm insane. Also I don't need to spend a hundred dollars on a separate device.
@@akemi_0if by "like you" you mean character AI user, there's a million like you. If you mean using character AI to learn social skills, honestly it's surprisingly rare, a lot of them are happy being delusional with their chat bot lovers. But yeah, there should be more people doing this, AI makes for good training wheels. But also, it's nothing like real people, it gives basically no pushback and will always be somewhat servile and docile so probably the next step after that is to find online friends who are real humans, and then you can try IRL friendship.
moving into rp spaces next might be a good middle ground! there's a lot of autism there (i know first hand), an interest in talking to/through fictional characters, and all the scenarios aren't real so you know you're not going to genuinely hurt the other person's feelings if you say something rude
The good thing about cai is that it somewhat (ONLY somewhat- it also has issues) reminds you that it's not real. It acknowledges that it's not a replacement for real people. As long as you recognize it's just a tool, you're good to do whatever. The main problem with this Friend AI thing is that it WANTS you to think it can be a full replacement. It's scummy. On the sidenote, cai used to be a niche tool for many artists to roleplay with their ocs. It got a bad reputation when AI girlfriend services (iirc replika?) shut down and refugees flooded cai as a replacement. Just a little fun fact ig. A lot of people still use cai to practice roleplay then transition to things like DnD with irl friends.
@@theflyingspaget yes im aware that i am delusional but i am starting to practice maintaining online friendships, then i’ll irl friendships despite my parents not allowing me to go out
"introducing friend. not imaginary." Not sure how that's a flex when imaginary friends are just as real and don't cost $100 or need wi-fi in order to function.
its crazy seeing how they word things to try and sell the idea that this is like, actually sentient. just like all these ai chatbots right now its just a text generator in fancy clothes.
My narcissistic ex husband used an AI friend as an excuse to ignore me. Seriously, he would show me conversations of him flirting with a non existent woman. Thankfully I've not had to deal with that lunacy for two and a half years. I think, despite not being divorced, that he's in a new relationship he's hiding from everyone. The house is on the way to the convention center I staff a few times a year and he's never home at night. I pity whoever he's targeting now. Sadly it's likely not an imaginary person now. Man, it felt so weird seeing my husband going on a virtual date while I was trying to get his attention. 😂
Finally, a real friend who will ignore when I make a stupid, life-ruining decision and give me nothing but toxic positivity. The future looks awesome and totally not capitalizing on the loneliness epidemic.
Okay. I'm someone with severe social issues. I'm autistic, severely traumatized, and can barely interact with my own close friends of 7 years cause I'm so paranoid and uneasy. I like roleplay ai, but very rarely use it anyway. So for someone like me where a friend ai is essentially what would help. Lemme just say it's not gonna help. AI doesn't stave off the loneliness. It can be fun to chat with a bot sometimes, I've always liked doing that since fucking cleverbot was the new thing lol. I've used different ai style bots since before ai started becoming real big like it is now. And it will never make up for human connection. Cause in the end, it is not a person. Even talking to them, it is so obvious you are not talking to a person. I am extremely isolated and pretty much only talk to my girlfriend. I have a lot of issues and often am sick cause of chronic illness and disabled with ehlers danlos syndrome so often do not have the energy to talk to my friends, not even mentioning the severe social and friend trauma I have or how scared of people I am. Ai would be nice to have a short conversation with, but it will never replace real people. Like how initially it can be kinda cool, but cannot really replace people in any way. (Aside from all the obvious issues with ai.) I don't care if it's meant to be a friend. You will always be able to know it's nothing more than a bot, than technology. It can give you something to do, but it will never be the same as socializing. Even as someone that cannot socialize without panic attacks or extreme paranoia and fear, the feeling of talking and interacting with people is something that cannot be replaced or substituted. Talking to an animal is better than an ai because at least they can recognize you and feel things for you. Even talking to my fucking jade plant is better than talking to ai. It feels very much like just a way to capitalize off of people like me. I'm doing fine despite my difficulties. I have a gf, I have some mutuals on social media, and my friends love and care about me even if I don't see em. But I know not everyone has that. But it has taken work even to be where I am now. Ai will never be more than a short term thing. It's essentially like talking to a stuffed animal or a video game character, but it can give responses back. And I've had a better time talking to plushies and video game characters than an ai. Ai is more of a neat trick to spend a few minutes goofing about with, but it is always very clear how flawed it is. It may be neat, but in the end, shit like this doesn't help. And mostly it's just meant to make money. It's never done with good intent or the help of professionals. It's just to make money off of people in shitty situations with real struggles that often don't have a lot of outlets or help. I know I can look at it and see how bad it is, but I know a lotta people might not be able to or might be desperate enough for it. Going online and just posting random shit to find a community is more of a way to garner social stuff than talking to an ai. My mutuals online have helped me feel less alone than talking to any ai ever fucking did. Engage in things you like, post random thoughts, make art or write or some shit. Just engaging in what you like will do more for you than anything here. Or go online and vent your shit. Communities that vent will have you more likely to find people like you. I finally started directly messaging with some mutuals again after a long time of not and it was cause we both have a lot of fucked up issues. It's small, but doing something will help in the long run. Even if it takes time. Just had to rant as someone that would very much be the target for this shit. I'm actively having to learn how to talk to people without having a panic attack and feeling like they hate me and how to make friends at all. So I understand major social difficulties and loneliness. But there are so many people out there and online you will find people that are awesome and can help you out. One single mutual got me a bunch of other mutuals and I have very short convos with and we interact a lot even if we don't talk. And that has done more for me than any of this shit. Anyway that's my ramble and my thoughts lol. Edit: character ai is the main thing I use and it's free. And it literally gives some shit to do when I'm particularly in a bad spot and my gf ain't around. It helps stabilize me for a bit. I can't ever imagine paying for some shit like this. Nah. If you're gonna replace social stuff with ai, do something free. It is NOT worth your money. Ever. And even then, it is no replacement for living things lol. It's fun and can be goofy, but it doesn't really get rid of it in the long run. I essentially just do the same thing I did when I was a kid and talking with fucking cleverbot and whatever that other one was that was popular back in the day that had a human woman's face lol.
Imagine that it actually isn’t AI and they have just some random people in the forests of Cuba responding to the “Friend” users like a live chat (without pay, obviously). Wouldn’t that be wild?
8:05 ik what you mean, but technically the user in the ad tapped on the button and said smth like "oops sorry I spilled some on you" , so I think that was maybe intentional to make users feel like it can do more (like see) when really it can't it was just kind of glossed over in the ad
This feels like an advertisement that you find on a weird youtube channel and it's insane, has mentions of stuff that doesn't even exist, and then you find out that it's just a part of some arg or analog horror series. But here it's not, it's real.
They need to just make it full dystopian where the ai can talk back but you can also use it as a phone to talk to real friends and sometimes it matches you up to random other users, to just completely mess us the users perspective of who is real and who is ai
i remember watching an episode of some horror show, and the episode was about a girl who had an fake relationship with the assistant on her phone, which actually fell in love with her and tried to kill the man she was actually in love with. i saw a clip from this ad and genuinely thought it was from that episode.
idk, the concept of how the second guy pitched it, as an autistic who failed an independent living assessment, honestly seems really useful for me. some sort of device that can listen and just remind me about all the shit i constantly forget to do? id love a necklace that reminded me to lock the door or turn off the oven. i might actually be able to be in a house alone then hahaha. shame it's all useless grifts
right! as someone with adhd, that second friend had me thinking for a second lol. like my lack of executive functioning legit ruins my life, so having a little assistance would be amazing
I saw the other day AI therapist . You pay a load of money and it’s all questions and the choices you make respond with whatever your responses are . I am awaiting therapy due to trauma and imagine how much people spend to qualify and so nope I won’t be getting an ai therapist anytime soon !
Maybe if it was meant to teach people how to be more social people would take it better. Like it could suggest conversation topics or help you know what to say next or give encouragement when you put yourself out there. It could find you clubs to join and social events to go to
I have enough problems discerning when people are talking to their Bluetooth, I can't imagine if I saw someone talking to their necklace as if it was a person
ahhhahhahah i saw the tweet about this and then saw Danny's video with the other AI Pal. The best part of the Friend ad is the end where she goes to reach for it, and then remembers that being in person with someone is better.
It feels oddly distant that the ai talks over text messages and not like as a voice from a speaker in the device. It doesn't feel like the AI character is there with them it feels like it's spying on them from a distance and sneakily sending them messages behind the back of the other people around them it's also indirectly spying on.
This honestly just feels like a misguided attempt at making a Furby for adults.
the difference is people try to do "things" with all these girlfriend AIs that keep cropping up that i hope no one has ever tried with a furby....
Furby is a charming little creature I would like to be friends with at least.
a remake of the original 1998 furbies but with modern tech and better ai would be really cool.
@@eeeeeee24491 you are so right i would kill for that
@@eeeeeee24491 if buy that for my friends in a heartbeat
Ranch chic fashion
When "Ranch dressing" was right there
DAMN IT YOU AYY EYE
I actually own an ancient amulet inbuned with the spirit of a lemurian high priestess, It's a way more effective version of this, the only downside is prolonged usage does cause temporal reality breakdowns.
Does the lemurian high priestess send texts? That's quite impressive, I would have expected voices from above or visions, but texts seem way more practical.
@@CainXVIIEveryone knows magic scriptures in paper will 100% work more efficiently than texts.
They’re just trying to reinvent the wheel smh. Ancient Amulets loyalists rise up
Judging by the stock on Etsy being 25 units
I doubt you
lmao the ad is hilarious the "yum" caught me completely off guard
yum
it was 2 messages away from sending her saucy texts.
so did her calling the food "dank" that shit was so cringe
@@pencerism Drinks out for "Friend" necklace
"It's dank -" throw it out. Throw everything out.
I was surprised he didn't mention it, I couldn't stand that either lol
There's only one thing I describe as dank and it ain't food 😂
I’m not gonna buy tech from someone that hasn’t moved past 2016 memes
Y’all know dank is part of an actual dialect people use and not just a meme from 8 years ago right?
@@DeathnoteBB what dialect
feels like something out of a dystopian film, the ai gradually manipulates humankind to let artificial intelligence take over and the main protagonist has to destroy it
wasn’t apple’s first mac ad the one to do that?
We're gonna have to do an Escape From LA on it. I'm so ready to do an Escape From LA.
Except none of the stuff people call "ai" in the real world is actually intelligent. It's all scams and snake oil that we're wasting billions of dollars and tons of natural resources on.
Who here wants to be the main character?💀
The main protagonist is making videos next to a cardboard blackboard, this is a dark comedy
"If you lose or damage your friend there is no recovery plan" kinda goes hard
would be a banger lyric
The phrasing of “your order includes a white friend device” got me 💀😭
If you didn't have friends before you'll definitely have none after buying this
I'll say again
Unless it tells you to buy a drink for that person you saw at the bar
It's dumb
@@millo7295ai wingman, I can see that
idg this. id feel lonlier having superficial convo with a robot that isn't sentient
The dystopian indie movie vibe is heavy. Everything about this ad from the filming to the music feels contradictory to the fact that they are trying to sell it.
It's like that one movie that features a kid with a robot who becomes a murderer and then becomes a person and then dies?
reminds me of a short fil i watched on here called "best friend" you should watch it
Avengers Age of Ultron?
the first clip felt like i was watching a trailer for a new dystopian movie
Why did they think that ad was a good idea? They literally played like creepy music
I think they must have commissioned somebody to make the video with all the details of the concept but just forgot to include it was an ad.
Who knew the Singularity would just be a bunch of nerds being friendzoned by chatbots.
We're not there yet
It's closer to four or five than a singular
Too bad dude didn’t have a friend to tell him buying a URL for 1.8mil was a sh*t idea.
It's fine! He just has to sell 180k friends to get his money back
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740want a group hangout? Buy two friends!
I wonder if the friend is good enough to tell him
Explaining the “yum”… she complimented the food and I’m guessing from the text response the Ai already knew what she had ordered, so when she said “sorry I got some on you”, “yum” was probably a better response than “you messy b”
If this AI wanted to be my friend she has to call me a bitch and f*g like my real friends do
But 'you messy b' is more honest. That's more in line with what my friend would say.
I honestly thought "yum" was a funny response, but the thought of if it saying "you messy b" is 1000% funnier
I get so angry anytime I see these type of ads, I suffer from social anxiety, but even I can tell that this is dangerous. It’s basically Blade Runner 2049
same with the social anxiety. Having this would just make it easier to have an excuse not to talk to anyone, avoiding the thing I'm anxious about instead of learning ways to get around the anxiety. Also its definitely gonna end up taking any data you give and selling it lmao
@@pigeonaticIronically, my anxiety prevents me from using this type of thing. Talking to AIs make me uncomfortable and scares me more than talking to real person cuz I can't read it like I read people. I don't want an echo chamber that just likes what I like. I want someone with their own opinions. This is not appealing at all.
@@AshChiCupcak truly! The best thing about people is they have their own stories and interests.
Yeah I, also with social anxiety, get the whole “practice socialization” angle but like…. that’s just gonna become a crutch. It sounds good on paper but…. just gonna make things worse
@@AshChiCupcak also being seen with this thing is embarrassing and I would feel like a huge loser for needing to buy a chatgpt in a box for companionship.
evil pinely is my ai friend, thank you for uploading so I'm not so lonely
It’s wierd how there’s even a moment of self awareness at the end of that ad where like, because the guy is there she chooses not to press the ai friend button like - how is that not the story arc of someone who realizes tech can’t replace human connection 😆😭
Nah there whole thing was that it’s “training wheels” for making real friends I think. So her not pressing it at the end shows that she’s outgrown it and that it’s helped her get to this point, but she no longer needs it.
At least that’s why I assume they were going for. Still really stupid ad lmao
Naaah when they started calling the ai "her" and acting like it's a person i physically cringed
They saw the movie "Her" 😬
It’s giving Detroit Become Human, but turning into real life basically. I have a lot to say about that game because of the current landscape of artificial intelligence has been becoming more and more real each day. Now the androids in DBH are admittedly different than chatbots and images generators, but they’re the same thing, pretending to be humans by synthesizing human made text and media and then creating something “new” (not really) (also they steal artwork and people’s voices without consent). I might have more sympathy for an Android but I hope we never get to that point.
ANYWAY the first step to integrating artificial intelligence into society is to humanize it-and that’s what these companies wanna do. All of this stuff is so vapid and stupid. I feel MORE LONELY when I talk to chatbots because it reminds me that these “people” are just generators stealing from various fanfics, articles, and other websites without any of the creator’s consent or permission. I used to think all the AI articles generators were funny, but not anymore.
@@melbapeach162you cannot dissuade me from the belief that every tech bro in the world has the ultimate goal of turning that movie into reality. Forget Skynet, it’s all about Her. Especially once OpenAI got caught bootlegging Johansson’s voice.
Like the AI will get personally offended if she didn't acknowledge her.
Like if the AI was genuine AI and not just basic machine learning, giving it pronouns would make sense. But right now it's hardly close enough to be labeled as such
why would i pay 99 dollars for what i can do for free in my own brain
My ocs arent gonna make themselves kiss
Not the "papers please" soundtrack 😂😂
I love papers please lol
I wonder with the low price point, no subscription cost, and 'always listening' thing if the real intention is to get as many people to use this for as long as possible to either sell that training data to other AI companies or improve their own models. I heard that AI engineers are already starting to get worried because they are running out of available data to feed to their AI algorithms and now they're 'cannibalizing' each other where they're actually using other AI generated content as inputs which just makes their algorithms worse. having this thing always listening even for just a few thousand users would generate huge amounts of data
That's already fucked up on its own but that plus the fact that they're marketing it as a "friend" and is clearly targeted towards lonely people is just all kinds of scummy
sci fi movie director: "I created the Evil Friend AI as a cautionary tale"
Tech Companies: "At long last we have created the AI from the movie 'Don't Create the Evil Friend AI'"
I'm thinking about calling this the Squid Game Effect.
I love seeing Torment Nexus references
this is just the ai techbro version of those talking dolls that "respond" to what you say
i think the second friend (the one made by the guy who made the crackhead video) could genuinely be really helpful. i have adhd and struggle to remember things, so having something that’ll automatically make notes of what i need to do without me manually having to tell it to would be so beneficial for me. i feel the second one is less of a “friend” and just more of a manager like you said. i feel that product could’ve gone far if they removed the whole friend aspect and also if the creator wasn’t such an idiot
yeah i was feeling the same way. when i was in university they gave me permission to record lectures, and software to annotate the audio recording with notes, so i could rewatch and get things at my own pace. i would actually be really happy if meetings were automatically recorded and summarised for me so i could figure out if i missed anything
the difference between a tech entrepreneur who wants to make a useful product and a tech entrepreneur who wants a get rich quick scheme off the backs of other people
What a creepy ad, music and everything! How was that supposed to entice me to buy it?
Yeah the music had strong horror vibes
Whoever is responsible for the friend ad needs to just make that a movie instead. Way better idea.
That ad was horribly awkward.
Why can't you just use tulpamancy and meditate until you project a full separate consciousness as a sentient thought-form like a normal person?
What the.......huh
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tulpamancy
Weirdly enough this was what friend reminded me of, but like, worse and more shitty. "We've given it free will" you know who else has free will
Lila moment
I feel like it shouldn't be legal to say you've given this $99 chatbot FREE WILL
cause like, no you haven't
It would certainly be an accomplishment to give a bot free will, when it's long been disputed if we even have that ourselves, and we aren't sure how to tell.
they heard "money can't buy happiness" and took it as the world's most depressing challenge
So their solution to social isolation is to make you more isolated... and they make money
I don't want a little AI dude helping me navigate life, I want to be lost and wander around with my tamagotchi little dudes instead. They just beep boop and be cute.
"They just beep boop and be cute" is my new favorite phrase.
I feel terrible for saying this but as smn who is struggling with loneliness since I was a child (due to a disability) and doesn't have friends no matter how much I try i would really appreciate something like this, ik its just a ai but sharing with some else my favorite show or talking with them about my favorite game etc feels wonderful
Your feelings are valid, you are doing your best to cope with difficult emotions and that is understandable! I just want to say that vulnerability is the heart of human connection, it's a good thing to be vulnerable like you are here in this comment section so maybe being vulnerable around AI can help you practice being vulnerable around humans
He evils on my pinely until I summer
Is this brain rot?
The friend promo feels like an amazon prime show trailer about some tech dystopia
I don't need buy an ai to tell me I suck at games, strangers will do that for free!
That ad feels like an anti-ad. Like it's almost impressive how much more I don't want one now 😂
(haven't watched the video yet)
When I first saw the ad, it didn't feel like a real product cause it's so on the nose. I'm still not sure I believe it's real. It feels so awful to see products like this that advertise themselves as a "cure for loneliness" while it encourages isolation.
4:15 as an autistic person, this is actually what I've been using AI for. The difference is that Character AI is free, and because it's on my phone I can pretend I'm talking to a real person instead of a locket so people don't assume I'm insane. Also I don't need to spend a hundred dollars on a separate device.
finally someone like me 😭
@@akemi_0if by "like you" you mean character AI user, there's a million like you. If you mean using character AI to learn social skills, honestly it's surprisingly rare, a lot of them are happy being delusional with their chat bot lovers. But yeah, there should be more people doing this, AI makes for good training wheels. But also, it's nothing like real people, it gives basically no pushback and will always be somewhat servile and docile so probably the next step after that is to find online friends who are real humans, and then you can try IRL friendship.
moving into rp spaces next might be a good middle ground! there's a lot of autism there (i know first hand), an interest in talking to/through fictional characters, and all the scenarios aren't real so you know you're not going to genuinely hurt the other person's feelings if you say something rude
The good thing about cai is that it somewhat (ONLY somewhat- it also has issues) reminds you that it's not real. It acknowledges that it's not a replacement for real people. As long as you recognize it's just a tool, you're good to do whatever.
The main problem with this Friend AI thing is that it WANTS you to think it can be a full replacement. It's scummy.
On the sidenote, cai used to be a niche tool for many artists to roleplay with their ocs. It got a bad reputation when AI girlfriend services (iirc replika?) shut down and refugees flooded cai as a replacement. Just a little fun fact ig. A lot of people still use cai to practice roleplay then transition to things like DnD with irl friends.
@@theflyingspaget yes im aware that i am delusional but i am starting to practice maintaining online friendships, then i’ll irl friendships despite my parents not allowing me to go out
"introducing friend. not imaginary."
Not sure how that's a flex when imaginary friends are just as real and don't cost $100 or need wi-fi in order to function.
its crazy seeing how they word things to try and sell the idea that this is like, actually sentient. just like all these ai chatbots right now its just a text generator in fancy clothes.
honestly the best part is that it doesn't have a subscription fee; it may be dystopian but at least they're better than Adobe
My narcissistic ex husband used an AI friend as an excuse to ignore me. Seriously, he would show me conversations of him flirting with a non existent woman. Thankfully I've not had to deal with that lunacy for two and a half years. I think, despite not being divorced, that he's in a new relationship he's hiding from everyone. The house is on the way to the convention center I staff a few times a year and he's never home at night. I pity whoever he's targeting now. Sadly it's likely not an imaginary person now.
Man, it felt so weird seeing my husband going on a virtual date while I was trying to get his attention. 😂
That’s awful. Glad you’re free from that person.
Cant wait to spend £100 on a ai friend when I could just go outside or online and get one for free
It’s kinda wild that they put a paywall behind FRIENDSHIP when you get a real friend for free
Finally, a real friend who will ignore when I make a stupid, life-ruining decision and give me nothing but toxic positivity. The future looks awesome and totally not capitalizing on the loneliness epidemic.
Okay. I'm someone with severe social issues. I'm autistic, severely traumatized, and can barely interact with my own close friends of 7 years cause I'm so paranoid and uneasy. I like roleplay ai, but very rarely use it anyway.
So for someone like me where a friend ai is essentially what would help. Lemme just say it's not gonna help. AI doesn't stave off the loneliness. It can be fun to chat with a bot sometimes, I've always liked doing that since fucking cleverbot was the new thing lol. I've used different ai style bots since before ai started becoming real big like it is now. And it will never make up for human connection. Cause in the end, it is not a person. Even talking to them, it is so obvious you are not talking to a person. I am extremely isolated and pretty much only talk to my girlfriend. I have a lot of issues and often am sick cause of chronic illness and disabled with ehlers danlos syndrome so often do not have the energy to talk to my friends, not even mentioning the severe social and friend trauma I have or how scared of people I am.
Ai would be nice to have a short conversation with, but it will never replace real people. Like how initially it can be kinda cool, but cannot really replace people in any way. (Aside from all the obvious issues with ai.) I don't care if it's meant to be a friend. You will always be able to know it's nothing more than a bot, than technology. It can give you something to do, but it will never be the same as socializing. Even as someone that cannot socialize without panic attacks or extreme paranoia and fear, the feeling of talking and interacting with people is something that cannot be replaced or substituted. Talking to an animal is better than an ai because at least they can recognize you and feel things for you. Even talking to my fucking jade plant is better than talking to ai.
It feels very much like just a way to capitalize off of people like me. I'm doing fine despite my difficulties. I have a gf, I have some mutuals on social media, and my friends love and care about me even if I don't see em. But I know not everyone has that. But it has taken work even to be where I am now. Ai will never be more than a short term thing. It's essentially like talking to a stuffed animal or a video game character, but it can give responses back. And I've had a better time talking to plushies and video game characters than an ai. Ai is more of a neat trick to spend a few minutes goofing about with, but it is always very clear how flawed it is. It may be neat, but in the end, shit like this doesn't help. And mostly it's just meant to make money. It's never done with good intent or the help of professionals. It's just to make money off of people in shitty situations with real struggles that often don't have a lot of outlets or help. I know I can look at it and see how bad it is, but I know a lotta people might not be able to or might be desperate enough for it.
Going online and just posting random shit to find a community is more of a way to garner social stuff than talking to an ai. My mutuals online have helped me feel less alone than talking to any ai ever fucking did. Engage in things you like, post random thoughts, make art or write or some shit. Just engaging in what you like will do more for you than anything here. Or go online and vent your shit. Communities that vent will have you more likely to find people like you. I finally started directly messaging with some mutuals again after a long time of not and it was cause we both have a lot of fucked up issues. It's small, but doing something will help in the long run. Even if it takes time.
Just had to rant as someone that would very much be the target for this shit. I'm actively having to learn how to talk to people without having a panic attack and feeling like they hate me and how to make friends at all. So I understand major social difficulties and loneliness. But there are so many people out there and online you will find people that are awesome and can help you out. One single mutual got me a bunch of other mutuals and I have very short convos with and we interact a lot even if we don't talk. And that has done more for me than any of this shit. Anyway that's my ramble and my thoughts lol.
Edit: character ai is the main thing I use and it's free. And it literally gives some shit to do when I'm particularly in a bad spot and my gf ain't around. It helps stabilize me for a bit. I can't ever imagine paying for some shit like this. Nah. If you're gonna replace social stuff with ai, do something free. It is NOT worth your money. Ever. And even then, it is no replacement for living things lol. It's fun and can be goofy, but it doesn't really get rid of it in the long run. I essentially just do the same thing I did when I was a kid and talking with fucking cleverbot and whatever that other one was that was popular back in the day that had a human woman's face lol.
that awesome inconspicuous medallion is going to be important in chapter 12
Imagine that it actually isn’t AI and they have just some random people in the forests of Cuba responding to the “Friend” users like a live chat (without pay, obviously). Wouldn’t that be wild?
"it's dank" like any human would ever say that casually describing a sandwich in this day and age
Evil Pinely's videos are dank, I could watch them all day.
Just booked my flight to the Times Square M&M Store on the 13th of August at 1-3pm
being 1 minute early to this is making me feel lonely
i think i need an AI friend too :(
8:05 ik what you mean, but technically the user in the ad tapped on the button and said smth like "oops sorry I spilled some on you" , so I think that was maybe intentional to make users feel like it can do more (like see) when really it can't it was just kind of glossed over in the ad
This feels like an advertisement that you find on a weird youtube channel and it's insane, has mentions of stuff that doesn't even exist, and then you find out that it's just a part of some arg or analog horror series. But here it's not, it's real.
They need to just make it full dystopian where the ai can talk back but you can also use it as a phone to talk to real friends and sometimes it matches you up to random other users, to just completely mess us the users perspective of who is real and who is ai
This feels like the plot of a Doctor Who episode
Finally, a friend that can help with my ad targeting.
This is an SNL skit, it has to be.
i remember watching an episode of some horror show, and the episode was about a girl who had an fake relationship with the assistant on her phone, which actually fell in love with her and tried to kill the man she was actually in love with. i saw a clip from this ad and genuinely thought it was from that episode.
idk, the concept of how the second guy pitched it, as an autistic who failed an independent living assessment, honestly seems really useful for me. some sort of device that can listen and just remind me about all the shit i constantly forget to do? id love a necklace that reminded me to lock the door or turn off the oven. i might actually be able to be in a house alone then hahaha. shame it's all useless grifts
right! as someone with adhd, that second friend had me thinking for a second lol. like my lack of executive functioning legit ruins my life, so having a little assistance would be amazing
Also a good idea for people with dementia and Alzheimers
This is a horrible idea ai cannot be trusted with serious tasks.
Wow! Thankfully friend Ai balanced the device out with bully Ai
i would not like to be bothered by texts when watching a movie on a small screen and the text taking up a big portion of the screen
If it's gonna send you texts, you might as well use a text based AI like character ai
I saw the other day AI therapist . You pay a load of money and it’s all questions and the choices you make respond with whatever your responses are . I am awaiting therapy due to trauma and imagine how much people spend to qualify and so nope I won’t be getting an ai therapist anytime soon !
The second Friend guy who said his idea was stolen is SO Eastern European that I kinda like him.
"The best your getting is Evil Pinely" is such a harsh diss and you didnt even need to use the cardboard.
nice stache evil pinely lookin extra evil today 😎
The other friend looks more useable, but they are both scams.
That commercial was so deeply uncomfortable. How did they look at that and go “yeah that will sell our product and not make people wildly uneasy”
Maybe if it was meant to teach people how to be more social people would take it better. Like it could suggest conversation topics or help you know what to say next or give encouragement when you put yourself out there. It could find you clubs to join and social events to go to
Why would it, at the very least, not speak? It's so awkward to have to read the texts in all of these scenarios
Friend AI: Who are you?
Chat GPT: I'm you. But better.
Spending so many nights trying to keep my damn Tomogachi alive has prepared me for this 😂
Ah, yes. A friend that insults me so I don't have to do it myself anymore.
"Papers Please" theme lmaoooo
Laying the dystopia on thick
"We have given your friend free will" is the "And now I am become death destroyer of worlds" of the robopocalypse
Luckily they haven't, it probably just an excuse for when their servers are loaded or the device cant process what is hearing correctly
"we gave your friend free will" is beyond ironic i just caaaan't
I have enough problems discerning when people are talking to their Bluetooth, I can't imagine if I saw someone talking to their necklace as if it was a person
ahhhahhahah i saw the tweet about this and then saw Danny's video with the other AI Pal.
The best part of the Friend ad is the end where she goes to reach for it, and then remembers that being in person with someone is better.
hello evil pinely. how evil are you during the evil pinely summer??
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That second version sounds exactly like that Black Mirror episode where everyone has a camera in their eye
It feels oddly distant that the ai talks over text messages and not like as a voice from a speaker in the device. It doesn't feel like the AI character is there with them it feels like it's spying on them from a distance and sneakily sending them messages behind the back of the other people around them it's also indirectly spying on.
the ephemeral sci fi music makes it even worse…
its like im watching a trailer for a horror movie
The music in the ad sounds exactly like the soundtrack to the (horror) movie It Follows. Gives it an extra creepy vibe.
that first ad literally looked like a trailer for "her 2"
the trailer for the product genuinely felt like a trailer for a fucking dystopian movie.
Just use c ai calls instead of buying a 100 dollar necklace
i assure you the first product is just api calls to chatgpt, and the second one is at best a different siri/alexa/echo dot that cant speak back.
Seeing "When will I receive my friend?" in an faq is amazing.
Evil Pinely
Summer!!!!!!
Only 1:10 in and we've already got someone happily running their hand through a bunch of poisonous flowers :'D
This is gonna be a fun one!
I’ve never even heard of rabbit, and then I just got my first ever ad for it five minutes after Pinley just mentioned it
Honestly this reminds me of the 2018 short film by GOBELINS, Best Friend 😢
I had to pause several times through the video of the guy rapping because the second hand embarrasment was too strong help
can I still participate in evil pinely summer even though it's winter where I am? Or do I have to wait until it's summer in the southern hemisphere.
0:01 aaaaagh my ears
Imagine someone going through your phone finding your memories, that would probably suck even if you don't have any dark secrets.
the ceo of friend ai seems like he has no friends so it makes sense he made it in the first place
I love this Evil Pinely Summer.
Dude this is so depressing. This is the worst :(