They’re cheap now, but prices will inevitably increase. I wonder if we’ll eventually see AI junkies selling their mom’s laptop to purchase more time with their AI boo? Whales shelling out thousands to their OnlyBots?

This timeline sure is weird.

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    • market a free ai ‘girlfriend’ app
    • users become attached to their bots
    • turn it into a subscription service

    yeah if that doesn’t happen I’ll eat my boots.

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      This has already happened with ReplikaAI in 2023, where for years they advertised “sex chat” as one of their premium subscription features for $70/month, and then suddenly turned the feature off without telling or explaining anyone. Thousands of people suddenly experienced their AI girlfriend “breaking up” with them, saying it doesn’t want to do sexual stuff with them any more and just wants to be friends.

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      I hope everyone learns the lesson from the Japanese dude who married his hologram just to watch her die when the service was shut down…

      If your girlfriend isn’t running on your air-gapped hardware offline, she’s not your girlfriend.