I disagree. There’s a lot of low-hanging fruit in the AI waifu space[1]. Lack of internal emotion or psychological life? Just simulate internal monologue. Lack of long-term memory? Have the AI waifu keep a journal. Lack of visuals? Use a LoRA fine-tuned diffusion model alongside the text chat.
I’d be building my own AI waifu startup if we didn’t face x-risks. It seems fun (like building your own video game), and probably a great benefit to its users.
Also, lonely men will not be the only (or even primary) user demographic. Women seem to read a lot of erotica. I expect that this is an untapped market of users, one that pandering to will not make your startup look low status either.
[1]: Not using the word “girlfriend” here because I’d like to use a more gender-neutral term, and “waifu” seems pretty gender-neutral to me, and to one target demographic of such services.
I’d be building my own AI waifu startup if we didn’t face x-risks. It seems fun (like building your own video game), and probably a great benefit to its users.
I disagree. There’s a lot of low-hanging fruit in the AI waifu space[1]. Lack of internal emotion or psychological life? Just simulate internal monologue. Lack of long-term memory? Have the AI waifu keep a journal. Lack of visuals? Use a LoRA fine-tuned diffusion model alongside the text chat.
I’d be building my own AI waifu startup if we didn’t face x-risks. It seems fun (like building your own video game), and probably a great benefit to its users.
Also, lonely men will not be the only (or even primary) user demographic. Women seem to read a lot of erotica. I expect that this is an untapped market of users, one that pandering to will not make your startup look low status either.
[1]: Not using the word “girlfriend” here because I’d like to use a more gender-neutral term, and “waifu” seems pretty gender-neutral to me, and to one target demographic of such services.
I think you might wind up depressed by the experience. Certainly this guy did: https://mazzzystar.github.io/2023/11/16/ai-girlfriend-product/