No, I dont mean to fall in love like you might love Google Search.
AI girlfriends are already proving to be a concerningly large use case for generative AI technology.
When OpenAI released the GPT Store, AI girlfriends quickly flooded the zone.
Screenshot: OpenAI
They offer companionship, without the real weight of a true human partner.
It shouldnt be understated how impressive this technology is.
Sam Altman tweeted the word her right after the launch.
Another OpenAI staff member who works on Audio AGI research has a picture from the movie in his bio.
Make no mistake, this was the goal.
Its impossible to not notice the similarities between Johanssons voice and the one that OpenAI debuted on Monday morning.
At one point, GPT-4o laughed at a joke an OpenAI staffer made.
At another, GPT-4o said, Thats so sweet of you.
Companionship is a somewhat obvious use case for a chatbot.
But real-time voice conversations offer more intimacy than text on a screen.
The near-zero latency makes talking feel natural, like a long-distance relationship whenever you want it.
The emotional nature of GPT-4o makes the AI chatbot much more personal than Siri ever was.
This makes GPT-4o feel like a true companion, adding a touch of humanity to your smartphones operating system.
But theres one human emotion GPT-4o lacks: frustration.
This could offer lonely individuals a meaningful connection.
Id be remiss to not express concern about a technology like this.
Humans report increasing levels of loneliness in the 21st century.
One in three Americansfeels lonely every week.
AI companions like GPT-4o take this phenomenon one step further, completely removing the human from the equation.
Theres been a lot of fearmongering around generative AI, but this one has flown under the radar.
GPT-4o just made that isolation that much easier.
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