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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by chasd00 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:34AM (#36419872)
> simulate human affection

LLM sexbots could be pretty useful

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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by ssnistfajen on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:53AM (#36420162)
Stuffing 25 RTX4090 into every anthropomorphic sex bot is the real growth potential that hasn't been priced in yet /s
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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by Ekaros on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:00PM (#36420257)
Hmm, I think shared capacity in cloud might be enough? What fraction of time would you use one anyway? And wouldn't it be better if one was silent the other time?
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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by a_t48 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:20PM (#36420523)
I think they want to use the waste heat to simulate human warmth.
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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by ekam on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:40PM (#36421776)
The comment is a reference to the 25x4090 comment in another thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36413296
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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by pjc50 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:07PM (#36420360)
Every "AI chat" service either leans into or fights the "alignment problem" of whether it wants to be an AI sex chat bot service. See controversy over Replika.
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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by antonvs on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @02:50PM (#36422683)
The alignment problem in that case is a lot simpler. Will this appendage fit into that receptacle.
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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by morley on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:20PM (#36420531)
Obligatory wisdom from The Dude: "Hmm... well, I still jerk off manually."
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