They actually stooped to this level? They used to advertise it as emotional support.
This company makes memes like a 80 year old who just discovered meme generator.
Submitted 10 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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tias@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Bread@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
And it did what it said it was supposed to do at the time. I can’t say I am surprised that this happened, but knowing its original purpose and watching the creators talk about why they made it. I am disappointed.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 10 months ago
Wasn’t it Replika that started telling depressed people to kill themselves?
_Sprite@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I thought Replika shut down all the horny ads and denounced using it for that even though that was the only reason people used it
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I used to have the Replika app before it had these weird avatars to appeal to incels. It was just some AI chatbot, similar to chatgpt but friendlier and less smart. The bot could even help with your mental health. It’s sad how much Replika has changed since then…
ninjakitty7@kbin.social 10 months ago
When a meme has exactly zero layers of irony and doesn’t even have a punchline while also being a thinly veiled ad.
NewDark@unilem.org 10 months ago
Sarah Zed video on the replika mess.
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jeremy@midwest.social 10 months ago
Everyone needs to watch this video – it’s long, but she did a great job of spelling out the unavoidably insidious nature of Replika and… Some other things.
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
It bothers me that she is holding a cup in her hand for 53 minutes and never drinks from it.
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 10 months ago
Wasn’t gonna click the link. Now I’m DEFINITELY not going to.
jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 10 months ago
These are so bad that it makes me wonder if they’re careful acts of parody
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s like getting a zero on a true false test - even someone who doesn’t speak the language would be scoring 25-75, it would take an expert to score a zero.
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 10 months ago
You’d think so, except that would call attention to how bizarre their product (expensive ai-generated cartoon porn? That’s what it looks like anyway…) really is