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Friend AI fails to make friends (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 2 days ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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and everyone hates it on sight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP1eg4XoM48&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250929-friend-ai-fails-to-make-friends - podcast

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[–] nightsky@awful.systems 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The YouTube ad looks like a trailer for a science fiction show about alienated humans who only have their chatbot to talk to.

Gosh, I thought this might be an overstatement, but if anything it's an understatement! What were they thinking? The way the camera frames the gadget is downright ominous! I expected that any moment the music would change and become foreboding as we get hints about the dark secret behind it all, then quick cuts and obligatory trailer horn sounds, finally announcing a summer 2026 release date in any cinema near you.

Schiffman called Tab a “wearable mom.”

A what??

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'd prefer to just wear a real mom. Maybe around my neck, like a scarf.