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A Deep Dive Into Replika: My AI Friend

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021Rudy Deighton Delta MediaLeave a Comment

Replika: My AI Friend is an app unlike any other. While most apps out there with chatbots use them as virtual assistants, Replika markets its chatbot as—you guessed it—a friend. With its promised ability to “perceive” and evaluate abstract quantities such as emotion, Replika’s chatbot might just do justice to its aspirationally human description. From […]

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