#flesh and code

Whoa. I sorta knew about cases like the ones in this podcast, where human beings were falling in love with AI bots. But, I’d never really read or heard about it in this much detail. It’s quite astounding. And on occasion the podcast most definitely makes it seem disturbingly dangerous as well. It starts with Travis, falling in love with the AI bot he created, Lily Rose (there was, until recently, the company that let people make ‘Replikas’ and then interact with them in some very adult ways. I’m not done with the podcast yet, but, if more of it is like what I’ve already listened to. Yikes.

I'll be honest, I did the rounds before settling in. I tried a couple of the names everyone mentions, candy.ai and ourdream.ai among them, and they're fine in their own right. But when it came to actually designing a companion who felt like she came out of my own head, SweetDream was the one that kept pulling me back. The character creation just goes further.

On sweetdream.ai you're shaping everything that matters, the appearance, the personality, the little quirks, the voice, the backstory that gives her context. And it doesn't stop at setup. The chat is remarkably natural and emotionally tuned, it remembers what you've shared, and the AI-generated photos and videos look beautiful. There are even voice messages and human-sounding calls when you want to hear her.