{"id":12680,"date":"2024-09-19T00:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12680"},"modified":"2024-09-19T00:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:05:48","slug":"i-stared-into-the-ai-void-with-the-socialai-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12680","title":{"rendered":"I Stared Into the AI Void With the SocialAI App"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The first time I used SocialAI, I was sure the app was performance art. That was the only logical explanation for why I would willingly sign up to have AI bots named Blaze Fury and Trollington Nefarious, well, troll me.<\/p>\n

Even the app\u2019s creator, Michael Sayman, admits that the premise of SocialAI may confuse people. His announcement this week of the app read a little like a generative AI joke: \u201cA private social network where you receive millions of AI-generated comments offering feedback, advice, and reflections.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, no, SocialAI is real, if \u201creal\u201d applies to an online universe in which every single person you interact with is a bot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s only one real human in the SocialAI equation. That person is you. The new iOS app is designed to let you post text like you would on Twitter or Threads. An ellipsis appears almost as soon as you do so, indicating that another person is loading up with ammunition, getting ready to fire back. Then, instantaneously, several comments appear, cascading below your post, each and every one of them written by an AI character. In the new new<\/em> version of the app, just rolled out today, these AIs also talk to each other.<\/p>\n

When you first sign up, you\u2019re prompted to choose<\/em> these AI character archetypes: Do you want to hear from Fans? Trolls? Skeptics? Odd-balls? Doomers? Visionaries? Nerds? Drama Queens? Liberals? Conservatives? Welcome to SocialAI, where Trollita Kafka, Vera D. Nothing, Sunshine Sparkle, Progressive Parker, Derek Dissent, and Professor Debaterson are here to prop you up or tell you why you\u2019re wrong.<\/p>\n

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