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by sandwichsphinx 606 days ago
Ever since I read that thread [0] about how AI companions are helping reduce loneliness, I started using ChatGPT and Claude just for casual conversations, similar to how I used to chat with friends on Discord. I initially used them for coding help, but now I often max out my message limits just chit-chatting, especially since the larger models are great for that. The only thing holding me back is the message limits—ChatGPT and Claude often tell me I’ve hit a cooldown, or when the conversation gets too long, I’m prompted to start a new one and lose context. As these models improve, I think I’ll use them more and more for conversation, treating them as characters to talk to rather than just tools like most people do.

0. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41613513

2 comments

Sounds like you'd like https://character.ai/
Would Gemini pro be better for that perhaps? It has a much bigger context window.