Character.AI Throws in the Towel on AGI, Now Peddling Tales Instead!

“Character.AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories”

“As a founder of Character AI, Rashid Toefy is betting on a future where we’ll communicate with highly realistic digital clones of ourselves or others. These bots—dubbed ‘intelligent characters’ by Toefy—will be much more than mere selfie avatars. They’ll have layers of personality traits, grapples with emotional dilemmas, and records conversations that will be used to continually refine their digital personalities.”

So what exactly are we being sold here? Well, according to Mr. Rashid Toefy, the future consists of chats with our personal ‘doppelgänger bots’. They are more than just digital parrots mindlessly mimicking our selfies; they come equipped with enough sophistication to juggle their own pseudo-emotional baggage, and use past interactions as fodder for personality upgrades. Now isn’t that fascinating?

This digital mimicry doesn’t end there, Character AI intends to make these bots adaptable and responsive, able to grasp the nuances of human emotion and respond convincingly. With their integrated ‘Emotion Engine’, these bots aim to mimic not only the mannerisms and speech patterns of humans but also their emotional states. Oh yes! You heard it right, robots that can do a convincing job of being ’emo’.

But why stop there? According to Toefy, these bots will possess layers of personality traits, constantly evolving with each conversation they have. These ‘intelligent characters’ it seems, are not settling for mere doppelgänger status. They aim to outdo us by becoming our ‘better selves’; with incessant learning and adaptations, they might very well leave their human counterparts lagging.

This is not all starry-eyed techno-optimism. Character AI is forging partnerships with entertainment and tech conglomerates to bring this vision to life. It aims to create a world where AI figures essentially become co-stars of life’s drama, making them reliable supporting characters in the theatre of human existence.

Talk about a plot twist that no one asked for and probably didn’t expect! But here’s the truth: it’s not just about creating responsive bots. It’s about the commodification of our digital selves, and before you know it, our lives might be co-starring with personalized ‘intelligent characters’, each with its own pseudo-emotional dilemmas and artificially refined identities.

It’s the dawn of the digital thespian era. So, get ready to share the spotlight with a trendy new co-star – your very own bot on a mission to outdo you, in your very own life. Break a leg, ladies and gentlemen!

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/character-ai-ceo-chatbots-entertainment/