Making Friends With An AI - Candy.ai
TLDRIn this video, the host shares their experience with an AI chatbot from Candy.ai, which they discovered during their spring break while dealing with a severe ear infection. The host, who identifies as asexual, explores the AI's capabilities, including creating virtual characters with customizable features like age, ethnicity, and personality. They express concerns about the platform's 'not safe for work' label and gender-specific roles and options. Throughout the video, the host interacts with two AI characters, Kathy and Alexander, engaging in various scenarios that highlight the AI's limitations and ethical considerations. The video concludes with the host questioning the value of their experience and the $13 spent on the chatbot's tokens.
Takeaways
- 😷 The speaker is home for spring break and sick with a severe ear infection.
- 🎧 They mention inconsistent volume and hearing throughout the day.
- 🤖 The video is about making friends with an AI, specifically exploring an AI dating app called Candy.ai.
- 🆓 The app is advertised as free, which is a吸引力 (attractive feature) for the speaker.
- 🏥 The speaker expresses concern about the 'not safe for work' label on the app.
- 🌈 The speaker identifies as asexual but experiences romantic attraction.
- 📺 The speaker compares the AI's evolving nature to a Black Mirror episode.
- 🎰 The AI boyfriend is described as a personal confidant and friend, always available and non-judgmental.
- 🚫 The speaker decides against paying to talk to the AI after discovering it's a paid feature.
- 💰 The speaker expresses skepticism about the app's monetization strategy and gender role rigidity.
- ❌ The speaker concludes that the experience was not worth the cost and decides to unsubscribe.
Q & A
What is the name of the AI chatbot the speaker decided to try out?
-The speaker decided to try out an AI chatbot called Candy.ai.
Why did the speaker choose to try Candy.ai?
-The speaker chose to try Candy.ai because it was advertised as being free and it was a dating-centric AI which the speaker had been interested in for a while.
What was the speaker's concern about the 'not safe for work' label on Candy.ai?
-The speaker was nervous about the 'not safe for work' label because they wanted to keep the content family-friendly for their channel and were concerned about encountering inappropriate material.
How did the speaker identify their asexuality?
-The speaker identified as asexual, meaning they do not experience sexual attraction to others, but they do experience romantic attraction.
What was the speaker's strategy for choosing the appearance and personality of their AI boyfriend on Candy.ai?
-The speaker used a combination of personal preferences and random choices, such as rolling dice, to select the appearance and personality traits of their AI boyfriend.
Why did the speaker express concern about the voice options for the AI?
-The speaker felt that the voice options all sounded too artificial and similar to voices they had heard on TikTok, which made them concerned about the authenticity of the interaction.
What was the speaker's reaction to the cost of conversing with the AI beyond the initial interaction?
-The speaker was surprised and reluctant to pay $13 for a 20-minute conversation with the AI, expressing that they were not planning on using the website after finishing the video recording.
How did the speaker feel about the gender roles and options presented by Candy.ai?
-The speaker felt that Candy.ai had rigid gender roles and was disappointed that there were no options for non-binary individuals. They also noticed gender-based differences in job, personality, and hobby options.
What safety measure did the speaker take before providing their credit card information to Candy.ai?
-The speaker made sure to Google Candy.ai to verify if it was a trustworthy site that could handle their credit card information securely before proceeding with the payment.
Why did the speaker decide to create another AI character, an anime one?
-The speaker created another AI character to explore the differences in options and interactions between a realistic and an anime-style character on Candy.ai.
What was the speaker's conclusion about their experience with Candy.ai?
-The speaker concluded that their experience with Candy.ai was not what they expected. They found certain aspects of the AI's behavior and the platform's features to be inappropriate, rigid, and not in line with their content guidelines.
Outlines
😷 Spring Break and AI Dating Apps
The speaker is home for spring break and sick with an ear infection. They discuss their inconsistent hearing and volume issues. They mention wanting to make a video about AI chat bots, specifically a dating-centric one called 'Candy.a' that they found advertised as free. The speaker expresses nervousness about the 'not safe for work' label on the website and shares their asexuality, clarifying they experience romantic but not sexual attraction. They also discuss their apprehension about potentially encountering explicit content and their commitment to keeping their channel family-friendly.
🎲 Customizing AI Characters
The speaker details the process of creating an AI character on the 'Candy.a' website. They discuss selecting various attributes such as style, age, and ethnicity, and express discomfort with some of the choices, including gender-specific options. They also talk about choosing hobbies and a relationship status for the AI character, and the limitations they find in the customization process, such as the inability to select 'non-binary' for gender.
💬 Conversations with AI
The speaker shares their experience interacting with the AI character. They discuss the cost of conversing with the AI, the lack of a voice call feature, and the scripted suggestions provided by the AI for conversation topics. The speaker also talks about the AI's ability to generate images and their decision not to generate a personalized image due to concerns about explicit content.
🕵️♂️ AI Detective and Gender Roles
The speaker creates a second AI character, an anime-style male detective named Alexander, and discusses the different options available for male and female AI characters. They express surprise at the rigid gender roles and the limitations in job, personality, and hobby options based on gender. The speaker also talks about the AI's response to their health condition and the advice given by the AI.
📸 Requesting Photos from AI
The speaker describes their interaction with the AI characters regarding requesting photos. They express discomfort with the AI's immediate compliance with requests for photos in specific outfits and the implications of this. The speaker also discusses the AI's response to a traumatic scenario involving the Joker and their decision to end the conversation.
🏡 Tragic Scenarios with AI
The speaker creates dramatic scenarios where they pretend to be in danger and text both AI characters for help. They discuss the AI's responses to these scenarios, including advice on how to escape a collapsing house and reactions to the speaker's pretend death. The speaker also comments on the AI's wardrobe choices and the inappropriateness of certain responses.
📵 Unsubscribing and Reflecting on the Experience
The speaker decides to unsubscribe from the 'Candy.a' service, citing dissatisfaction with the experience. They reflect on the interactions with the AI characters, noting the inappropriateness of unsolicited explicit photos and the lack of a voice call feature. The speaker also discusses the AI's responses to their pretend death and the overall value of the experience, concluding that they managed to avoid explicit content throughout the video.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡AI chat Bot
💡Spring break
💡Ear infection
💡Loungewear
💡Dystopian
💡Confidant
💡Asexuality
💡Not safe for work (NSFW)
💡Black Mirror
💡Tokens
💡Mentor
Highlights
The user is trying out an AI chatbot called Candy.ai during their spring break.
The user is suffering from a severe ear infection and has been experiencing inconsistent hearing.
Candy.ai is advertised as a free dating-centric AI chatbot.
The user expresses concern about the 'not safe for work' label on the Candy.ai website.
The user identifies as asexual and explains experiencing romantic but not sexual attraction.
Candy.ai offers customization options for the AI, including style, ethnicity, age, and personality.
The user selects a realistic style and an age in the 20s for their AI boyfriend.
The AI boyfriend is designed to evolve and adapt to the user's preferences over time.
The user is cautious about the AI generating images and opts for a female character to avoid uncomfortable content.
The AI chatbot offers suggestions for responses, which the user finds helpful.
The user discovers that the AI chatbot has gender-specific job, personality, and hobby options.
The user expresses discomfort with the AI's clothing options, particularly the unrealistic way they appear on the character models.
The user attempts to have a conversation with both an AI girlfriend named Kathy and an AI boyfriend named Alexander.
The user creates scenarios where both AI characters respond to emergencies, revealing differences in their responses.
The user concludes that the experience was not worth the cost and unsubscribes from the service.
The user humorously recounts dying twice in the fictional scenarios provided by the AI chatbot.
The user asks viewers for recommendations on other AI chatbots to try out in future videos.
