Do You Want an AI Friend?

There's a new AI gadget to discuss! This time it's a pendant called "Friend". Marques, Andrew, and David talk about
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[@TyM07]

Imagine someone steals it of your neck and the AI is crying in the texts to save it lol 😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@leri7222]

lol hopefully your phone was stolen as well

[@ThatsPety]

LMFAO

[@skylineuk1485]

Ransomware takes a new direction.

[@_Mach3]

😂

[@carloslfu]

AI startup idea: revive your loved one.

[@carloscervantes8196]

Lemme get this straight, company wants me to PAY THEM, to SPY ON ME???

[@hxh05g]

At least with this one it’s straightforward about it. There’s way too many companies out there wanting you to pay them to spy on you but don’t make it obvious that that’s what they’re doing. I agree with your sentiment and will definitely avoid this product, but they’re far from the first or the only company to do this.

[@carloscervantes8196]

@hxh05g oh 100% but the audacity is INSANE still

[@Commonsenseisnotcommon8]

If there’s no subscription for it, then you are the product 😂

[@Jaden-y7e]

​@@Commonsenseisnotcommon84 Replies

[@FaustoFonseca]

I don't need an AI friend.. I need an AI assistant that handles shit like todo, calendar, notes for me when I tell it to, so that I can have free time to be with my real friends!

[@1Love-starboss]

I Literally said that look you'll see

[@jtjames79]

While we're at it, do the really hard parts too, like taxes, finding leads, designing product etc. I for one welcome my AI overlords.

[@andrew_]

This is likely what it will do and be used for... I'm hoping. Regardless, the video stirred the pot (and worked).

[@kabosune9097]

AI is gonna scrape the data off the comment and start crying

[@consciouscode8150]

AI saves you the tedium of your hooman pursuits like art, music, friendship, and love so you have more time to do what's truly important - hard labor for your capitalist overlords!

[@jaguar2623]

Talking to your belt buckle like Blankman is crazy work!! 😂😂

[@kingbradarmy]

😂😂😂😂

[@jamesbullo]

Short answer: No Long answer: Noooooooooooooo

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

@@jamesbullo longer answer: boooooohooooo bitichy

[@sfg206]

Why? People are flawed in so many ways, good friends are hard to find. I have a few but tbh im actually excited about seeing where AI partners take us

[@da47934]

This is the most obvious use of the "shirt answer / long answer" meme that I've never thought of and I love it

[@tweegyblink]

It's impressive that they created an entire video just to show you how to save $99.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

Ugh 😩😩😩😩😩

[@fredbloggs1472]

If used by the socially vulnerable, and is hackable, the potential damage is ominous.

[@ibloo2425]

You love using big words

[@DeityBladeGaming]

@@ibloo2425 Which word tripped you up? Happy to help, as those are all normal everyday words :)

[@_purge9488]

@@DeityBladeGamingthe usage of ominous feels very awkward. Would’ve expected “the potential damage is” (high level of severity). Not “the potential damage is spooky.” Just sounds silly and forced

[@AnnAndNala]

@@ibloo2425 It's a normal, eloquently stated comment, that's all. Not sure why you'd have a problem with that.

[@AnnAndNala]

@@_purge9488 Not really. I think "ominous" works very well. And why are you picking apart sentences in the comments??? It seams just, ...wierd.

[@isbestlizard]

Let's be honest, it wouldn't be a friend. It would be an informant. That reported every conversation and keyword you said to it's master, to better monetise your interests, sell you products for profit, and snitch on you to the authorities if you ever told it a secret that was wrongthink

[@annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841]

Well as me I would be fine since I obey and abide by what the authorities have given us to follow. I guess if like you who likes to break laws and discuss it with our friends then this would be a problem.

[@Aydinishe4e]

Sounds like a curtain book I read

[@KTibow]

local language models:

[@amyandmax]

People worried about their phone listening to us all the time and they are about to put a pendent doing 24/7 surveillance 😂

[@ryan.a]

they stole the open source project Friend, and their name! but no-one is talking about that

[@Ray_Vun]

if someone told me that was a snl sketch i'd believe it

[@Graybeard_]

AI friends will prove invaluable to the aging Baby-boomer generation. Prior to AI agents (friends) tens of thousands of elderly people lived alone with poor health and diet care, slowly declining in mental health due to loneliness. Many died due to neglect. AI friends will remind the elderly to take their medications, to go outside for fresh air/nature, monitor their vital signs and contact family members and healthcare providers. They will also ask questions, make uplifting comments, read them books, and make them laugh.

[@tubularap]

"Open the pod-bay door, HAL."

[@ifeanyinwachukuw4019]

What if I put it on while having sex?? Friend: 2 mins really??

[@awaisahmed9418]

​@@ifeanyinwachukuw4019 😂😂😂

[@carloslfu]

AI startup idea: revive your loved one.

[@sheila-verse]

That’s Replika

[@intetx]

I think the Idea has potential. My hope was that it is just a small local llm. I think you guyses view has a bit been skewed by all the negative potentials of something like this. The movie scene is very biast towards that. There are a lot of books who explore also the positive potential for personal AI assistants, think the only positive one I remember in movies is Jarvis from Iron Man. This is always framed on YT as „you have to be sad and alone to like this“. But I don‘t think the potential of such AI is in replacing your friends, but in having an „entity“ that is about your live. A kind of pet that can talk, like that robot dog on dr who maybe. I think most people will be able to separate this „relationship“ from irl relationships. This to me is similar to a „Nintendog“ if you remember that game.

[@mikeg3810]

Ai therapy will be a new business model.

[@dennismwebembezi]

So, in the event that your 'Friend' is stolen. Does it automatically become someone's friend or it keeps ghosting you without telling you where it currently is?

[@StartupCaptain]

This looks like a modern version of the pet rock. But it probably won't sell anywhere close to the pet rock.

[@Crysomandiaz]

Great. Now we are the tamagochi and the AI is checking in on us…

[@maxxb8814]

The most hilarious thing was seeing a 24 min ad about the Rabbit R 1 updates before your vid 😅

[@fredrickbambino]

that sounds dystopian

[@daledevernon56]

Haven't these people learned this is just another pointless device that will end up in the bin together with the AI Rabbit and the humane pin.

[@dingusbrule5756]

It's wild how much AI changed the way a computer can understand your data. I feel like people became less paranoid of their data being processed... right at a time it should be considered the most

[@Ricardo-bw7ru]

At first I thought it was dumb because of the use cases they show but now I’m sold because an AI to keep track of all the conversations I have through out the day while helping me sort through it all at the end of each day or week would be incredibly helpful. Specially since everything is stored locally.

[@derandereandre3453]

Everyone who had a tamagotchi was paving the way to this. The market gives you what was adopted earlier.

[@rubiusstudios5709]

They're actually just trapping human souls in these pendants, that's why it's different if you break/lose it

[@sami-tw7qk]

the idea of ai that always listens to you would be great as an assistant. it could take notes and make your schedule for you and stuff just based on the conversations you have. but as a FRIEND? nah

[@Bronyboiiiii]

Can't wait for the pin to become jealous and be like ,,you don't need those looser friends, you have me"

[@BigPeeOfficial]

It's like having your own personal twitter bot.

[@mikldude9376]

I’m all for having an assistant that talks to you like a person on the phone, tablet, laptop, pc, and if I asked the assistant a a dumb question and got a sarcastic response back that might be a bit of fun . The pendant that texts you every 5 minutes when you tell it how you feel , seems a bit weird .

[@PhilippBlum]

When someone says "Call me Oppenheimer" We maybe shouldn't use anything he every designed.

[@Ben_D.]

It might be a good companion for someone with a mild dementia. If they wander off, get lost, get confused about something simple… all of those things they do, it can sense it and coach them.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 99$ why ?!

[@Ben_D.]

@@JamilaJibril-e8h Im not sure what you find humerous in that. But I will try to respond. In the late stages of dementia, people are usually kept in a structured environment. Up to that, there is a risk that they go for a walk for no reason and cant find their way home. They forget simple things like how to make tea. They lose their memory and reapeat conversations or forget faces. One of these little bots could help them en each of these situations by helping them find their way home (or just stay home), explain tea, or just engage in endless conversation.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

@@Ben_D. Funny I thought it's for grief diggers my English is bad

[@zohircherifi5616]

Didn't two previous AI assistants launch with the same promises and in the end both failed

[@BenjaminKeller]

Like in every Gold Rush the only ones making money are the ones selling Shovels and Alcohol

[@stratman103]

How long before this thing is going, "Just what do you think you're doing, Marques?"

[@leanmeandean]

Lonely old guy here. No friends, family, or pets. Day 1 buy for me.

[@lupker]

Use it, have fun with it but keep understanding its technique talking to you. Hope you find a real friend. ❤

[@possum6562]

I’ll take one. I’m so tired of being ditched or ignored by my actual friends whenever someone gets in to a relationship. Deadly serious, I’d totally give it a try and see what it’s actually like. I do love new technology and I’m pretty open to things most people scoff at. I’d be really interested to see if I’d end up feeling bonded to it or if I’d get too annoyed with it.

[@stevenkeller3047]

Another thing to separate a fool and their money. Who needs this?

[@TimothyCollins]

My take : The very last thing I need is yet another app sending me notifications on my phone. As is I only glance at 99% of notifications before just clicking "Clear all".

[@PXKMProductionsGaming]

Losing your pendant and thus losing your friend made me think of a certain movie and that made me sad cause she was my favorite character in that movie.

[@bengsynthmusic]

2049

[@DominequeTaylor]

I wish ppl knew there is already this product that’s out. It’s also called friend but less cringe as the commercial. They don’t have a domain name for it and it’s open source. Been out for a while now they even have a discord for it.

[@allopez1237]

Yup, Based Hardware makes it. It’s half the cost of this and shipping right now.

[@erc8311]

Waveform clips and LMG clips uploading their segments about this within 3 minutes of each other

[@1sava]

Soon as I saw the ad I know Marques and his folks were gonna have a field day with this one. This device is PLAIN STUPID!!!!

[@TyM07]

The HUGGGGGGGGEST INVASION OF PRIVACY EVERRRRRR

[@Bluerig-qf2xc]

Your phone does the same thing

[@TyM07]

@@Bluerig-qf2xc no it doesn’t go this deep

[@robertbeste]

Is it an invasion if you buy it for that explicate purpose?

[@Ammar_H1234]

People say this but then also have a Google Home in their house.

[@ie_kp]

Psychologists are gonna have a lot to deal with

[@EmmaMoshood-qb8tt]

Of course, why not 😁 I also want everyone in waveform podcast us a friend 😊

[@ytechnology]

Thanks for the varied insights. BTW, before the Tamagotchi there was the pet rock, which would be more my speed.

[@justinpelletier03]

Having some device listening to you 24/7 is creepy

[@hael6t418]

I think having an ai assistant with a human personality just like halos cortana, with smart devices in your home and car would be fucking dope, i know cortana is self concious in halo but obviously we arent there, and maybe never will truly replicate

[@Undeadwilly13]

Theres a Tamagotchi app for your phones if ya wanna try playing again.

[@antonarap]

I crave ANYTHING without a screen and keyboard. I don't want to be carrying a phone. KZbin most of the time is radio. The rest I can watch on my laptop

[@coastalrocks]

It seems a real healthy relationship is much more beneficial and it's actually worth it as it's real and not some sketchy ai

[@rando.2988]

If it did ERP, people would buy it and lie about why. But it won't because of "safety", so this is a flash in the pan like Google Glass. Something like this will become semi-popular once the market is ready for it, but probably as a cellphone app.

[@ckf36]

Did they learn nothing from the R1

[@JMSipe-yu3up]

Well, clearly they did. The R1 does a whole lot of nothing for $200. Whereas this does SOMETHING for half the price, and doesn't make a large amount of future promises beyond the idea of having a friend that is AI. Still skeptical, but it's better. 🤷‍♂️

[@Ammar_H1234]

I can actually see people buying this for a niche purpose. The R1, on the other hand, literally offered nothing

[@HZ_Sai]

i would LOVE to have autonomous digital friend that can simulate emotions and remember me .

[@charlesgillespie5049]

I feel like all these personal AI devices are dead on arrival to Google and Siri being updated

[@be_shoichi]

No server connection. On-device AI. Basic initial settings only (name, gender, age). Personafied voice and appearance. Gentle haptic feedback for random emotional indication. And there you got a Japanese version of this product.

[@ebnzr5335]

Her is the perfect comparison. I love that movie, but I love it as a movie not as a potential reality. That thought terrifies me because our current society has resulted in many isolated people that would be incredibly vulnerable to the threat this poses to genuine human companionship and interaction. I can’t imagine how much more of a threat it would pose when AI becomes truly sentient

[@desertstar223]

An AI friend? No thanks, I have enough REAL friends.

[@Jefff72]

I respect people's creativity and coming up with new ideas. I like my friends but I don't want to be around them 24/7. I'm sure they don't want to be around me all the time either. Now, since I am a person who talks to himself, I will wear a fake device so it looks like I'm talking to my device.

[@khalilsstories]

Well you can cover the A.I neckless with your shirt. It speaks to you through your phone, not the device

[@yeskev]

As experimental tech, it would be interesting to see what it can and can't do. It doesn't feel like this product will actually be able to do much but I'd be interested to see how responsive it is and what it could potentially do in the future.

[@JakeSchlade]

No thanks, my phone is already a good listener 😬

[@LaureReminick]

Even paying that much for the website address, they will be able to sell it later (if everything is shut down)

[@ForgiveMyMadness]

We need the disabled community, adhders, autistic people and people with onset Alzheimers to be the ones behind the AI designing scene. To me, AI seems like something that could be extremely useful for disabled people first and foremost, and then go on to be adapted for 'regular' people moving forward. As someone who is disabled and struggling with my mental health, I could REALLY do with a 'second brain' - an entity that only exists to support me in the ways my own brain can't support itself. Friends and family are great, but as you said, humans come with their own emotions, wants and needs... it's unfair for me to expect another human to take on my burdens aswell as their own, friend or not. If an AI tool could process my anxious self talk, pick up on the things I keep forgetting to do, and learn how to assist me without guilt tripping me or assigning blame like most humans accidentally do... that AI tool would be priceless to me. Absolutely priceless.

[@annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841]

Awe, that comment about the family situation reminded of my current state of being. Thank you, I'm going away now.

[@donaldnewell4868]

This is another physical gadget that is hard pressed to answer why a new hardware device is called for in order to deliver what’s being promised. Most of what they demonstrate is already possible with a phone. And what is new could easily be accommodated by extending the reach of the phone in your pocket. This is all entirely separate from concerns about the device’s utility, security and longevity.

[@KenSpreitzer]

It could be useful if it was called Therapist. I’ve just been going through some heavy stuff, and it might be nice to be able to record thoughts instantly rather than needing to pull out my phone and launch an app. Sometimes good therapy is just thinking through things out loud with another person. Heck, have it run Eliza on the phone and prompt me to reflect further 😏

[@nosenseofhumor1]

Obviously it’s stupid but I like the form factor for talking to an ai. We need like a Star Trek shirt pin or necklace that’s easy to hit with either hand to start a convo with ai, or maybe a gesture like touching thumb to pinky

[@hellothere6627]

The can be entirely integrated into a smart watch. If you really need the necklace, then make a necklace band to attach to the watch puck.

[@Commonsenseisnotcommon8]

Oh my God if they have people outside talking to themselves when I’m trying to take a peaceful hike. It’s bad enough there’s people on their phone in the grocery store or people that can’t use their AirPods listening to music. I don’t need one more thing where people can be noisy. I’ve missed phones in peoples homes where I didn’t have to hear their conversations.

[@deucedaprodeuca]

If it were able to leave reviews on Yelp and Google automatically, this would be worth the penny. I had an experience at a store and I wish my watch or phone automatically posted my experience to all my socials and review platforms...along with audio.

[@daddyalbano]

I completley get the point. Who doesn't want a "person" you can confide in and just talk to that is infinitely smarter. Yes there are definite red flags to consider. But I find myself using chatgpt and wanting it to act more and more like an actual person. I see this being the norm. I just want to be able to ask my questions and have the a.i. answer instantly. EXACTLY like "Her". And if it can be the scar jo voice they removed form chatgpt even better!

[@Lion_McLionhead]

About as sad as the life size barbie dolls from years ago. Fortunately, they're just trying to sell a company instead of making something anyone really needs.

[@michaelchen2718]

14:48 DAVID is so mart. SO SMART.

[@zerogamerportable]

I only see Luddites who do not see the potential of this type of technology.

[@MrHaydnSir]

5:24 ..interesting, i literally showed this to my better half last night, and then also showed her the trailer for 'her' for context and as a side note, the very last 'scene' in the promo shows two people getting closer on a rooftop, and as she goes to touch her AI friend, she stops herself, and decides to maintain the conversation and connection with the real person with her - which feels like mixed messaging; kinda like 'this device is for the lonely, until you're not'

[@amyandmax]

I clocked this too, my reaction was ‘nope they would totally call it there and run away to their ai friend’ because they do not have the human complexity which are scary

[@ashashmit]

Apple: noted! Coming up in iOS 22.

[@Sec_coach]

At least they won’t push you into alcoholism

[@andrew08]

So it's like currently with the FBI, but at least the ai friend will text us back with witty jokes

[@insertyoutubehandlenamehere]

I wouldn't think it would ask you questions. I assume it would just be connected and have "full" access to your phone. Including emails, texts, purchases, etc.

[@swarbrickjesse]

Absolutely not. Literally a data collection machine to sell it.

[@360.Tapestry]

so will it know that i was just drugged, robbed, and assaulted?

[@juntobeats22]

The movie “HER”

[@TimpossibleOne]

If it were inside a Bluetooth headphone it could answer you vocally in your ear

[@p.burley4533]

I wonder why I can’t separate constant-listening devices from data collection.

[@itoibo4208]

AI is going to be a great tool to train people how to be good parents and good friends. So many people grew up in toxic families and relationships and never learned how to be "normal", to listen, to be empathetic, generous, etc.. Will users learn to be more like a gentle AI, or will they become tyrants who expect everyone to be their slaves/tools/marks? Should you have a sarcastic AI friend? Probably not.

[@jonasfermefors]

If they want to make "friend" into a "fun" gimmick they should make it double sided one red and one green side and call it frenemy.. I think you get the concept: when you have the green side out it's your friend and when the red side is out it's in enemy mode and will be a sarcastic idiot.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

Marko talk about plagiarism in business like really someone needs to hear it

[@FlyingRedTailHawk]

This sounds like Apple's Siri only it sounds more creepy because it knows what you are doing all the time. Siri on the other hand, is very similar and nosey but without the critiquing.

[@papa.mike01]

I love it “people are real” how deep.

[@navinvent]

Just talk to your cat and sing a song to it , like a normal person.

[@NDAsDontCoverIllegalActs]

Based on my experience the past few years, KZbin algo at times along with bots, no. I wouldn't like an AI friend.

[@garcialn]

The vibe from the first time I watched I thought it was a A24 movie trailer

[@Pheicou]

This could be just a function in your smartwatch.

[@mahasish]

This is inspired from the movie "Her" (2013).

[@ErickXavier]

Another AI Device that could be an App.... right?

[@orien2v2]

One good thing it can really help with is guilt-tripping you everytime you order a meal _"How's the falafel? That's 3000 calories added good on you! You're climbing the ladder to obesity!"_

[@ifeanyinwachukuw4019]

When i saw this thumbnail the first thing that popped into my head was Scarlett's voice in the movie her

[@MoreBollocks-ui2zs]

If the pet rock were designed by the Stasi...