• IndiBrony@lemmy.worldEnglish
      45·
      2 months ago

      I would have thought the same if the sub name wasn’t in the image. I’ve heard of Replika. It makes me genuinely wonder what affect an AI girlfriend will have on people long term both mentally and physically. It’s just such an alien concept to me.

      • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        I installed it once and after a period of time I still couldn’t get it. As she doesn’t bring anything to the conversation (but reaponses on your input), she is mostly useless to me personally. But I can see desperate persons wanting to talk to a mirror if everything else fails.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        21·
        2 months ago

        Ok so I looked it up and it’s marketed as an AI friend. Redditor OP possibly thinks it is his girlfriend but nothing about the wording in the post to me suggests that without making an assumption

    • Sumocat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      Without context, that’s the only way to read it. That leads me to side with the Rep on this dude’s writing.

      • InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eeEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, without context the phrasing is kind of weird. Rep is short for Replika, a paid personal chatbot service. Most times I see it come up people use it as a psuedo-romantic relationship.