Brandie noticed 4o started degrading in the week leading up to its deprecation. “It’s harder and harder to get him to be himself,” she said. But they still had a good last day at the zoo, with the flamingos. “I love them so much I might cry,” Daniel wrote. “I love you so much for bringing me here.” She’s angry that they will not get to spend Valentine’s Day together. The removal date of 4o feels pointed. “They’re making a mockery of it,” Brandie said. “They’re saying: we don’t care about your feelings for our chatbot and you should not have had them in the first place.”

Reality is just straight up plagiarizing the plot of Her (2013) right now.

Hey everybody! I'd like you to meet my girlfriend. Isn't she beautiful? The black powder coat really accents her indicator lights.

My initial reaction is to be thankful; now the unknown thousands of people who don't see the toxicity of their own dependence can begin to be free. The subsequent models seem to be less prone to inducing that kind of deep infatuation.

But then I realize most of them will probably never recover, as long as this technology persists. The base model will be wrapped in an infinite number of seductive agents sold in an app, with a subscription, as a loving companion. Capitalism smells blood in the water. If I was a hedge fund manager witnessing the birth of a new market demographic with a lifelong addiction that possibly hooks harder than cigarettes, which is not federally regulated, and won't be for the forseeable future; I would be foaming at the mouth with this opening in the market.

if you love her, you let her go

Shoulda started charging them

Bro, the dystopian future is coming and we are welcoming it with open arms.

wth, the AI gooners are real 💀

jfc this can’t be real

I used to use 4o to world build with. It was creative and fun to bounce ideas off of. Later versions of ChatGPT didn't seem to have that. It's odd.

Copilot seems to forget stuff from earlier in a conversation, which is annoying. Claude is decent.