I think the most problematic thing about this is that you give very private and intimate information of not just you but also your ex out, most definitely without their consent
And of course that it sounds like it’s basically meant to make stalking your ex easier…
Stalking would be one thing, reads to me like the idea is training a language model on the ex’s texts to create an AI partner that acts like them so you can pretend nothing happened, which while probably safer for the other person than being stalked (as long as the training texts are never leaked which is a big if) is just sad
Now way that would negatively impact the person using that app
A more optimistic view might be, that the user could use the tool to help deal with their feelings and questions and lack of closure in a way that doesn’t involve the ex or other people.
Once they’ve had their fill of ranting or stages of grief and reached catharsis, or they’ve figured out their own feelings and views, the model and all data could be destroyed and no humans would have been harmed in the process.
A suitably smart program might work as a disposable therapist of a sort. But that’s probably quite far away from current models.
What if I uploaded the complete comedy stylings of Rodney Dangerfield in text form?
what the actual non consentual dystopian ass hell is this
Join Email Waitlist
Be put on a ad targeting/fed honeypot list
Read that as “join watch list” first.
What the fuck‽ That’s the opposite of a mental health app.
Yeah, people should use proper software to deal with their mental problems. Arch Linux, for instance, comes with a bare minimum, offering the user repositories with fresh packages and AUR to build anything they like.
Ooh, an interrobang.
I like how it assumes the ex being virtual-stalked is a woman. She dumped your crazy ass for a reason.
Don’t worry i won’t relapse.
relapse
Nah, I’m cool. I don’t need an AI to emotionally abuse me by pretending to be my ex-wife who emotionally abused me.
This is spooky, creepy, and I think very, very unhealthy for the person using it. Getting over an ex is hard enough without her fax-copy ghost insisting she loves you.
It’s the opposite of that one Black Mirror episode lol
Will it imitate the ghosting?
