That’s why normal people prefer self-hosted AI girlfriends.
It’s surprising how few people know that you can run a fully uncensored LLM locally with any M-series Mac with decent performance
It’s surprising how few people can afford those machines. /s
Mine started threatening to leave me and sell all my data, they’re all the same
Hmm is removing internet access to your AI girlfriend considered abuse?
I would hope anyone using an online service would know this… but of course I’m always disappointed.
“its unsettling to discover…”
What we should really be addressing here is the underlying need. If people are so lonely that this seems like a good option, it may well be that they could benefit from counselling.
But instead, people make jokes about it because it’s a problem that’s primarily affecting young men.
It’s not even the highest bidder that gets the data, it’s all 1278 data partners. Talk about data prostitution!