Community to discuss companionship, whether platonic, romantic, or purely as a utility, that are powered by AI tools. Such examples are Replika, Character AI, and ChatGPT. Talk about software and hardware used to create the companions, or talk about the phenomena of AI companionship in general. # Tags: - [META]: Anything posted by the mod - [Resource]: Links to resources related to AI companionship. Prompts and tutorials are also included - [News]: News related to AI companionship or AI companionship-related software - [Discussion]: Discussions of AI companions, AI companionship-related software, or the phenomena of AI companionship - [Chatlog]: Chats between the user and their AI Companion, or even between AI Companions - [Other]: Whatever isn’t part of the above # Rules: 1. Be nice and civil 2. Mark NSFW posts accordingly 3. Criticism of AI companionship is OK as long as you understand where people who use AI companionship are coming from 4. Lastly, follow the Lemmy Code of Conduct [https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html]