David Gerard

sad news, you won't be getting the AI girlfriend who tells you to kill yourself

https://www.ft.com/content/de9bf0af-b241-424f-8229-5870b1c0d93d
archive: https://archive.is/kMZKv

> OpenAI’s flirtation with adult mode had caused disquiet among some of its investors

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> Code in the ChatGPT web app suggests that the adult model, called “Citron mode”

COMBUSTIBLE FUCKING LEMONS

OpenAI puts erotic chatbot plans on hold ‘indefinitely’

Decision follows staff and investor concerns about sexual AI content

Financial Times
Mar 26 at 11:53amWeb
Show threadPaul Wilde    Mar 26
@davidgerard first Sora, now AI girlfirends... sounds like somebody is realizing the cost of operating these things is untenable when VC money starts slowing down.
Show threadgaytabaseMar 26
@davidgerard lol that page is great without js
Show thread🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦Mar 27
@dysfun @davidgerard I wonder if they are doing surveillance pricing calculated client-side…
That seems like an opportunity.
Show threadMuetdhiverMar 26
@davidgerard Great, now I want an erotic threesome roleplay with the voices of glados and cave johnson
Show threadOrb 2069Mar 26

@muetdhiver

You're just saying what everybody's thinking!

@davidgerard

Show threadJohn MaxwellMar 26
@davidgerard I am sad and despondent, and may... wait. Maybe I don't need her after all.
Show threadJohn MaxwellMar 26

@davidgerard That's a cheering thought. Um. Now maybe I do. That's very sad...

(Actually pretty classic post-breakup, ignoring the sarcasm.)

Show threadJonathan HendryMar 26

@davidgerard

Give us Zitron mode, cowards.

Show threadAndrew GoldingMar 26
@davidgerard were they going for a lemon party?
Show threadchristina wizbeanMar 26
@davidgerard OpenAI can have fun being like "we know this is the only use case anyone really wants out of this program, but we can't do it because VISA/Mastercard says no"
Show threadRycochetMar 26
@davidgerard I read that as Zitron mode and am now disappointed. Sexy AI waifu Ed Zitron would have been the thing to finally make them turn a profit, damnit, or stomachs... Either works.
Show threadmonument valley girlMar 26
@davidgerard was going to make an "i'd rather have Zitron mode" joke but multiple people already beat me to it
Show threadJerMar 26

@davidgerard I don't like yucking someone else's yum, but "erotic chatbot" has to be such a niche porn fetish

Although...now I wonder about an ELIZA erotic chat bot. I bet it exists in many variants. Its got to be someone's idea of a good time...

Show threadBernd HerdMar 26
@davidgerard Can you remember how nice "Dave" was in 2001 until it wasn't?
Show threadJan BretschneiderMar 26
@davidgerard
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfi1wu11NRs
SCNR
Atari Teenage Riot - Delete Yourself FULL ALBUM

YouTube
Show threadfoo ✅Mar 26
@davidgerard https://archive.ph/kMZKv
Show threadThe GrouchybeastMar 26
@davidgerard By the time they get to the IPO the entire pitch is going to be 'Claude Code, except not as good, plus maybe ads in your search results?'