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by verdverm 48 days ago
I saw a live demo of the same concept, but full-duplex, i.e. you talk like on a zoom call
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We are right in the middle of implementing full duplex. What makes the lab useful for you?
It's not useful, it's dystopian and concerning. People are going to become addicted to it
People get addicted to a lot of stuff. Even then, the avatars are supposed to help reduce churn.
Fake "people" will likely increase churn. Have you seen polling numbers for Ai? Chat, especially fake video people, is likely to get heavily regulated. I'm pro ai, but I will reject anyone who tries to get me to use it and shame anyone who builds something like this.
What polls? also, the churn thing is testable. If I demonstrated retention numbers would you be convinced ? In any event. Huge difference between synthetic people and embodied agents.
Anti ai is all the rage right now, polls about that sentiment are easy to find when they aren't beamed into your eyes without your choosing
"hey, people get addicted to cocaine, too, what's your issue with my meth lab?"
if you think personas are net destructive then make the case
So sorry