Horny Robot Baby Voice: James Vincent on AI chatbots

• Of all such apps I have tried, the most ambitious is Replika. Unlike most of its competitors, it has a chat interface with elements that bring it close to life-simulation games like The Sims. You’re invited to name and design your bot, with various options for hairstyle and skin color, along with sliders that adjust the size of breasts or muscles. You’re then booted into a sort of bot purgatory: a white-walled waiting room, sparsely furnished, where the avatar paces like a prisoner, waiting for you to strike up conversation. Users are encouraged to customize the room with furniture and acquire new outfits using in-app currency. This can be bought with real money or earned by completing ‘quests’ such as talking to your bot every day or sharing photos. It’s a feedback loop that encourages constant engagement and self-disclosure, rewarding users with the power of customization, so that the bot feels made for you and you alone.

SBIRs

• Honestly, everything here is support other than BD Opportunity research. I do think I’ll dig into that after lunch since there should be new BAAs now?

GPT Agents

• Working on challenges section – first draft done!
• 3:00 Alden meeting