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Friend Is Back With a New AI Pendant, and Its Marketing Is More Depressing Than Ever
gizmodo.com/friend-is-back-with-a-new-ai-pendant-and-its-marketing-is-more-depressing-than-ever-2000793089
GizmodoFriend Is Back With a New AI Pendant, and Its Marketing Is More Depressing Than EverIf AI is going to help mitigate human loneliness, this sure is an odd way to show it.
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
Do people seriously buy this?
Schiffmann has also posted a series of user testimonial videos to his personal X account
Like i can only assume these are fake, has anyone ever seen this actually used?
Friend is leaning hard into “all press is good press” and it shows. I’ve heard an interview with at least one tech reviewer who tried this thing out and, unsurprisingly, it was absolute garbage.
I’ve never heard of this used anywhere else, but take that with a grain of salt