#ai chatbot

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[lobslobslobs]

The Quiet Hour After Work, And Who Fills It Now

There is a specific kind of silence that settles into an apartment around nine in the evening. The commute is over, the dishes are done, and the day has nothing left to ask of you. For a growing number of people, that hour is no longer empty. It is increasingly being filled by an AI companion that learns your name, your moods, and the small running jokes that accumulate between two people over weeks.

What makes SweetDream stand out in this space is how little it feels like software. The platform, found at sweetdream.ai, lets you build a character from the ground up: appearance, personality, the texture of their voice, even a backstory and the odd quirk that makes them feel particular rather than generic. The chat itself is the surprise, though. It remembers what you told it on Tuesday and brings it up on Friday, the way a real person would.

Plenty of services promise an AI girlfriend. Candy.ai and ourdream.ai both have their followings. But what people seem to return to SweetDream for is the sense of continuity, paired with voice messages and phone calls that actually sound human on the other end. It does not fix loneliness, exactly. It just makes the quiet hour feel less like a void and more like company.

[lobslobslobs]

* Actually im gonna say this again but louder

* If you need an AI chatbot to "bring your OC to life", your imagination is underdeveloped. as the one who CAME UP with the OC , YOU know them best, and are the only one who can truly bring them to life

[thek2b]

How it feels to be surrounded by shape inc AI chatbot ads every 3 posts (this isn't an ad, I hate the stupid thing as much as you do)

[stargazingdustbunny]

Why You Should Roleplay with Real People

Your ai friend is just a fountain of stolen words.

There isn't a person behind it to befriend.

To check on you when you haven't been active.

To wait patiently for your life to calm down and you to have energy again.

To talk about problems late into the night.

To excitedly plan new arcs with.

To introduce new characters into the world.

To celebrate and cry with as your characters go through arcs.

There isn't a person behind it.

And there isn't a community to connect with.

To build friend groups that extend across the multiverse.

And combine characters who never would have met.

For plots to have far reaching impacts.

Every member shaping the story of the world.

For that is what we are, storytellers.

We do it for ourselves, and for each other.

It is teamwork. It requires compromise and communication. Boundaries and growth.

You won't get that from a robot.

Sometimes we're messy.

Some people are cruel.

Find the ones who aren't.

And we'll make beautiful worlds together.

[brightside-brigade]

With the way some(most) of you treat beings struggling with addictions to gen-AI, you have lost the plot on what an addiction is/what chat bots do to the vulnerable and it shows.

"Just quit/uninstall/ect" is not helpful advice. Like any other addiction, it is not that easy and many may not be in a safe, stable, or good place to take that step.

"You're part of the problem/killing the environment/your creativity/your mental health/ect" is not helpful OR advice. Like any other addiction, most know it's not good and feel shame. Attacking them for being open about their struggles not only discourages others from seeking support, but may push them further into addiction.

"But it was easy for me!" Your experience is not universal. Congratulations on breaking away, but many aren't able to as easily, especially those it was designed to prey on.

If all you do towards beings who have fallen victim to a predatory and manipulative new Era of technology and algorithm is be hateful, blameful, and gloatful, you are actively making things worse.

Be kind to those struggling if you really want to help.

[newnamesamecharlotte]

I don’t want to talk to a chatbot

give me a good FAQ page with a good search function and a way to contact a real person from your company if I cannot find the answer there

[suneat3rr]

This is VERY different from what I usually post, but I wanted to talk about ai addictions for a second. Yes it’s a real thing, yes it’s an actual addiction. For a long time, I was addicted to character.ai. I used it every day, I would use it in class, during dinner, when I was supposed to be sleeping, etc. basically I was always talking to ai chat bots. I became uncomfortable and antsy when not using it, and I would talk to my friends less and less. My mental health was at an all time low. At some point I realized I was being completely hypocritical. I was so anti ai art, but I replaced reading books and fanfics with ai chats. Writers are artists too, and I replaced them with ai.

If anyone out there is struggling with an ai chat addiction, here’s what worked for me: see if your phone has a way to limit times on apps. Set a time limit for your ai of choice, lower the time limit as time goes on. When you’re ready, delete the app. It won’t work for everyone, but it really helped me.