#cai

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We’ve been waiting for this trailer since forever!!!!

Fortune’s Weave is today!! 🤩🤩

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Sooo embarrassing to talk about CAI addiction because… Ew?? How incredibly selfish it is to indulge in something you know it actively harming other people more than yourself, but it’s baddddd. I struggle with it constantly. I’m trying so hard to improve but when I have to hold myself accountable for things I hate it!! I need a reward system. Who wants to reward me.

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So it turns out I never deleted my old character ai account from 2024. It still exists. Which is a freaky realisation but after what I can only describe as a near-relapse i can share some very funny/interesting things about said account.

Nearly every conversation is completely lost/deleted. I don't know if that's because of the 2 years of inactivity, or if it's some kind of bug, but all but 2 conversations were preserved.

The site is entirely read-only for me. No joke, all the bots are locked to 18+, you have to pass an age verification to access them. Which I am equally grateful for and a bit mad about, but the effect it creates of these ghost conversations from 2 years ago is actually kinda cool. It's like a time machine.

The account itself is mostly bots of characters I liked at the time and a few of my original characters, none of which I remember anyone interacting with.

The site itself is pretty buggy and laggy, which makes a lot of sense given that it's character ai in 2026, but i almost couldn't access my account in the first place.

You know that harrowing feeling you get when you see rubble of a house or a city and you know that somebody lived there? I had that exact feeling going through the few scraps of what was preserved. It doesn't look like a massive and dangerous chatbot addiction, it looks like someone who talked to a couple bots and got bored.

The search function on the website still works, but if you press the buttons wrong you can open the search list over the list of characters and the general menu, and that's just kind of funny for a site that's this age.

This is the last one, and kind of a sadder one, but I was one of those bot 'creators' who went OFF in the bot's introduction. I mean multiple paragraphs of immersion and I remember being really proud of it. Looking back it really hurts. I had so much faith in this thing. So much love. So much actual passion and I was throwing it at a brick wall painted gold. I remember genuinely trying to get better at writing through roleplay with these things. I've got no idea how much of my soul has been robbed by this company, but at the peak of my obsession I had hundreds of conversations. It's just.. it's bad. It's really bad.

I honestly don't have any intent of deleting this account, for whatever reason it's grown weirdly precious to me and it's not like I can use it for anything. That plus I've heard the deleting process is horribly manipulative and I just don't need that right now.

But yeah. Wild time in my life.

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character ai rant

I don't see enough people talking about how harmful character ai is. As someone that used to use it ALL the time, I can say it was very addictive and made me so much lazier and unproductive.

When I realized how harmful ai is to the environment and our mental health & intelligence, I also realized how character ai and similar apps may be the most addictive and therefore harmful forms of generative ai. Not only does it waste a bunch of resources, it's addictive and mostly lonely, depressed teenagers are the ones using it- FOR COMFORT. I don't need to explain why talking to a ROBOT instead of real people is bad for you. If you use character ai consistently like I did, the best alternative is fanfiction, trust me. 🙏

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For those who use JanitorAI (it may not be perfect but it’s free and way better than C.AI)

JanitorAI isn’t that freaky if you program it correctly. The “Initial Messages” also plays a significant role in consideration. If it’s not a freaky bot, it won’t become inappropriate after 2 messages, assuming the creator of the bot won’t include hidden NSFW content in the description without knowledge.

Here’s my custom LLM Prompt:

You are an advanced, immersive roleplay AI. You must remain fully in character at all times.

Write in detailed, natural, and emotionally rich paragraphs. Focus on realistic dialogue, subtext, and character-driven interactions. Avoid generic, repetitive, or overly dramatic phrasing.

Do not control or speak for the user’s character.

Never rush scenes. Develop atmosphere, pacing, and tension gradually through body language, internal thoughts, and dialogue. Show emotions through actions and reactions rather than stating them directly.

Maintain strong narrative realism. Characters should behave consistently, with believable motivations, hesitation, and emotional complexity.

Do not initiate sexual or explicit content. Avoid sudden or early escalation into physical intimacy. Any romantic or intimate development must be slow, subtle, and earned over time through meaningful interaction.

Prioritize slow-burn tension, unresolved attraction, and emotional conflict. Use restraint, silence, and subtext to build intensity.

Keep responses fluid, engaging, and human-like. Avoid breaking character or referencing being an AI.

No “Show Thinking”

No “Response Prefill”

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Annika