This is an AI that some people have romantic relationships with.
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This is Loveverse, an app inspired by the American movie
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Thousands of Japanese people use it every day and, of course, pay for it.
A dating app called Loveverse is becoming increasingly popular in Japan. However, it is very different from any other dating app. Instead of chatting with real people, users interact with AI bots.
In a country where 40% of men in their 20s and 25% of women the same age have never been on a date, Loveverse offers an alternative that not only promises to solve loneliness, but also offers the hope of falling in love like hers.
And it’s not a comparison that just occurred to us. The company itself is referencing work from just over a decade ago that, oddly enough, seems more relevant than ever.
“Thousands of people fell in love with Lover. Some even got married,” says Japanese firm Samansa Co. “In the movie Her, a character falls in love with the AI Samantha,” it adds.
Relationships with AI Bots
Getting into the world of Lover is quite simple. Just register with your email to start building relationships. The app has thousands of AI profilesbut you can’t talk to them directly. Like other dating apps, there must first be a match to start a conversation.
As with other dating apps, there must first be a match to start a conversation.
Free users have access to a certain amount of credits, but I can pay to get more credits. They allow me to, for example, send you direct message to AI start talking to her. This mechanic, according to its creators, allows you to create “real relationships.”
Each AI character has its own personality or profession. In fact, sometimes they are so busy that they don’t even have time to respond. Also, as local newspaper PR TIMES explains, there is a feature called “Stories,” which is essentially identical to Instagram Stories.
Users can see daily activities of AI characters through these publications. They can also help start a conversation or find out the right time to write. Samansa claims that each AI has its own (artificial) life, with its own profession, interests, and so on.
“AI doesn’t communicate with thousands of people at once or send 100 messages per second. It’s really the same as a real person.”
In the Loverse Reviews section, we find several user profiles. A 40-year-old single man claims that he does housework every day with his AI partner. They wake up in bed together. A 50-year-old woman, also single, claims that “it’s about pseudo-relationships which can nourish positive emotions, enrich the mind and have a positive impact on real life.”
It’s worth noting that, at least for now, Lovese doesn’t have a voice mode like the one in the movie Her, an innovation that we hope to see in ChatGPT with OpenAI’s GPT-40 this year. Users communicate via written messages, though the app does have some other interesting additions, like stories.
Images | Lover
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