AXIOS September 22, 2024
A new app that gives each user a private, Twitter-like social network populated exclusively by chatbots has stoked a wider debate about the purpose and value of online communication.
The big picture: At first blush, SocialAI, the all-bot platform, might sound like “pure artifice” or an “AI void” (Wired) — but its 28-year old creator pitches it as an antidote to the toxicity of today’s “real” social media.
How it works: SocialAI has you choose what kinds of bots you want to interact with, using categories like supporters, fans, trolls, “brutally honest,” haters, “doomers” and so forth.
- The free app looks like X or Threads. You post what’s on your mind, and your bots immediately respond.
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