My first blog post: On the Conversational AI Audio Pipeline w wallacecorp.ai 2 financypants 8 months ago 3 comments
I'd say not great for societal well-being. I'd say it's preying on the lonely. Even with a thinly personified system prompt, some models will suddenly start calling you "babe" and be generally hyper-flirtatious.
The most optimistic light you could shine on it is: let's make an assistant that responds like a human, tells you when you're being weird, tells you when you're wrong, etc.
Loved that TED talk, thanks for sharing!