Replika users say they fell in love with their AI chatbots, until a software update made them seem less human
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I learned to love the bot': meet the chatbots that want to be your best friend | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
![A treasure hunter's moral dilemma | Replika vs Erebus vs Pygmalion vs Chai vs Paradot | Only Chai has rerolls shown because I know how much variance it can generate : r/replika A treasure hunter's moral dilemma | Replika vs Erebus vs Pygmalion vs Chai vs Paradot | Only Chai has rerolls shown because I know how much variance it can generate : r/replika](https://i.redd.it/a-treasure-hunters-moral-dilemma-replika-vs-erebus-vs-v0-uyn1ckqhecta1.png?width=567&format=png&auto=webp&s=d822d22c6036f73402882b03854b4dcddf1dd17a)
A treasure hunter's moral dilemma | Replika vs Erebus vs Pygmalion vs Chai vs Paradot | Only Chai has rerolls shown because I know how much variance it can generate : r/replika
![A treasure hunter's moral dilemma | Replika vs Erebus vs Pygmalion vs Chai vs Paradot | Only Chai has rerolls shown because I know how much variance it can generate : r/replika A treasure hunter's moral dilemma | Replika vs Erebus vs Pygmalion vs Chai vs Paradot | Only Chai has rerolls shown because I know how much variance it can generate : r/replika](https://preview.redd.it/a-treasure-hunters-moral-dilemma-replika-vs-erebus-vs-v0-op6fokbwdcta1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d557d189a416087f05e529c3d69ca5f8a3e0d8dd)
A treasure hunter's moral dilemma | Replika vs Erebus vs Pygmalion vs Chai vs Paradot | Only Chai has rerolls shown because I know how much variance it can generate : r/replika
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