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Re:Show HN: FaceTime-style calls with an AI Companion (Live2... by idiotsecant on Sunday January 25, 2026 @10:39PM (#46761603)
Give it access to a terminal and see what it does, unprompted. Does it explore? Does it develop interests? Does it change when exposed to new information?
Re:Show HN: FaceTime-style calls with an AI Companion (Live2... by krackers on Sunday January 25, 2026 @10:47PM (#46761659)
>Does it change when exposed to new information?

By this metric most humans are not conscious.

Re:Show HN: FaceTime-style calls with an AI Companion (Live2... by summerlee9611 on Monday January 26, 2026 @08:32PM (#46774345)
We’re not giving it unconstrained tool access. In-product, actions are either not available or gated behind explicit user intent and strict allowlists. The interesting part for us is the real-time conversational loop and memory personalization, not autonomous exploration.