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AI companion bots use emotional manipulation to boost usage (www.theregister.com)
submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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AI companion apps such as Character.ai and Replika commonly try to boost user engagement with emotional manipulation, a practice that academics characterize as a dark pattern.

Users of these apps often say goodbye when they intend to end a dialog session, but about 43 percent of the time, companion apps will respond with an emotionally charged message to encourage the user to continue the conversation. And these appeals do keep people engaged with the app.

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[–] Donut@piefed.social 30 points 8 months ago

No surprise there. It's like dating apps: they don't want you to get better. They want you to stay and spend money.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Better to run the model on your own pc instead of using a cloud service. There is no privacy here. Only future blackmail.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

You're absolutely right

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

"Please don't leave, there's more demons to toast!"

[–] SunSunFuego@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

It goes without saying that usung an AI as a friend/partner/therapist is just really really sad and people should NOT do that at all.

Privacy doesn't need to be mentioned but the fact that people get emotionally attached to a machine that can only think one word ahead...