Instead of participating in the PR-stunt hype panic around Bing's naughty bot, today's #dailysignal looks at a different AI "personality" change (specifically a sexting chatbot that is now refusing to talk dirty) - and what happens when companies stop supporting - or change the terms and conditions of service of goods and services that we (the user) do not actually own, but rather "rent" access to.
What are your thoughts on the risks and rewards of "digital serfdom" (from a user and a company perspective)?
Has "everything as-a-service" gone too far? - Or does the convince and economies of scale of these sorts of rental access opportunities trump their risks of discontinuation?
(And what you think of paying for a sexual relationship with a bot anyway!?)
Let me know in the comments!
Read more:
AI girlfriends get frigid : https://futurism.com/the-byte/replika-users-furious and sad https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3py9j/ai-companion-replika-erotic-roleplay-updates
The future of us : https://www.fluxtrends.com/the-future-of-us/
Digital landlords (and digital serfs) : https://brainstorm.itweb.co.za/content/rW1xL759D9K7Rk6m
When your sexbot leaves you on read