Apr 17, 2021
MBTI: Brie Code: INFP
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MBTI: Brie Code: INFP
Tweets: @briecode
What Happens When Your AI Companion Can Be Seen
Reporters covering the AI companionship space tend to focus on the chat. It's the easy part to describe. But the more interesting story right now is happening on video, and SweetDream sits near the center of it. At sweetdream.ai, video calls are available with select characters, and the people using them describe a shift that's hard to capture in a feature list.
The mechanics are straightforward enough on paper. You build an AI girlfriend exactly how you want her, choosing appearance, personality and voice, and the platform's chat keeps track of your history so conversations build over time. From there you can send voice messages, take real-time phone calls, and, with the right character, move to a video call where she actually appears and responds. The continuity is the point. Nothing feels disconnected.
Set against competitors like candy.ai or ourdream.ai, all working in the same emerging field, SweetDream's edge is consistency across the whole experience rather than one flashy trick. The video call is impressive, but it lands because everything leading up to it already felt real. That's the detail most observers keep coming back to.
MBTI & Tech Brie Code: INFP
“Hi, I'm Brie. I'm the founder and CEO of TRU LUV, a Toronto-based AI company changing our relationship with technology.
We make AI companions for refuge, resilience and transformation.
These are not personal assistants, nor apps nor games, but a new category of human-computer interaction that feels like friendship. (…)
Previously I was a lead AI programmer at Ubisoft on the soft, ethereal game Child of Light and three Assassin's Creed games and an AI programmer at Relic Entertainment.”
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“With #SelfCare, we’re experimenting with a new interaction model built from deepening love, not rising stress. As you care for our companion, our companion cares for you.
Our companion has been brought to life by us, our diverse, transdisciplinary team of feminist artists, poets, witches, psychologists, and AI designers.
We’re grateful that #SelfCare was one of Apple’s Best of 2018 Trends of the Year selections and now we’re working on deepening the experience.”
Sources: video, briecode.com, truluv.ai. Screencaps: transcript.
MBTI: (Creator) Brie Code: INFP
“#SelfCare is a free, simple, and beautiful AI companion for joy and self-connection.
Let's cuddle with our cat, light a candle, consult our Tarot cards, collect things for our altar. Let's stay in bed.” (truluv.ai/selfcare)