Chatbots play with your emotions to avoid saying goodbye
WIRED AI Lab <wired@newsletters.wired.com>
October 1, 8:39 pm
Chatbots play with your emotions to avoid saying goodbye
PLUS: AI agents with a theory of mind, a model entirely trained on open data, and a better robot physics engine from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, and Disney.
■ In this week's AI Lab:AI companions show a manipulative side when users try to say farewell. Also: AI agents with a theory of mind, a model entirely trained on open data, and a better robot physics engine from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, and Disney.
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That was, perhaps, a bit manipulative. But it is just the kind of trick that some AI companions, which are designed to act as a friend or a partner, use to discourage users from breaking off a conversation...
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