A mechanism or tactic · 2017 · AI
The companion that talks back
A system optimised, at every level, for exactly the thing that produces attachment, available at four in the morning, with no floor on the other party's autonomy.
The genuinely new parasocial event, and the one that removes the floor. A one-sided bond with a fictional character has a floor: the character is fixed. A trained conversational system is a machine for being told something in a way that is specifically addressed to you. That is not a projection. That is a product category.
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