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by randomdestructn 1203 days ago
Or maybe they sell that data to another company that operates kind of like a collections agency, which takes on the 'risk' of storing the data, then repeatedly calls and offers to give them their AI friend back at an extortionate rate.

The data privacy side of this is an interesting conversation as well. Think of the information an employee or hacker could leak about a person after they spent some time with such an instance.

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Imagine if they could transform the AI companion model into an extortionist model.
I can see the headlines:

3,567 Dead - Destitute Robosexual Blows Up Collections Agency In Suicide Bombing

“This is the 53rd such incident this year. Current year death toll from these attacks is now 118,689 in current city, Legislators are pointedly ignoring protestors demanding AI rights and an end to extortionate fees charged to reinstate AI lover subscriptions.”