Forwarded from The Noticer
The horrors of the Chinese cyberpunk dystopia
The Chinese authorities are introducing the world's first regulatory framework specifically targeting "personalized interaction services," and major Chinese tech companies have already begun shutting down their personalized AI companion features ahead of the July 15 - the deadline.
The goal is to combat AI-based software designed to imitate human personality traits, emotions, and communication styles in order to maintain an ongoing emotional connection (AI friends, romantic partners, or virtual therapists).
Users across China are now protesting the changes as companies begin deleting users' chat logs and historical conversation data accumulated with their virtual avatars.
So yeah. If you live in China, and you made a chat bot who says "Good morning" and "Good night" at you - you can't have that, because it counts as an "AI partner". But the AI chatbots made for the industry are kosher in the eyes of the CCP. How joyous.
#China #cyberpunk #dystopia #AI
The Chinese authorities are introducing the world's first regulatory framework specifically targeting "personalized interaction services," and major Chinese tech companies have already begun shutting down their personalized AI companion features ahead of the July 15 - the deadline.
The goal is to combat AI-based software designed to imitate human personality traits, emotions, and communication styles in order to maintain an ongoing emotional connection (AI friends, romantic partners, or virtual therapists).
Users across China are now protesting the changes as companies begin deleting users' chat logs and historical conversation data accumulated with their virtual avatars.
So yeah. If you live in China, and you made a chat bot who says "Good morning" and "Good night" at you - you can't have that, because it counts as an "AI partner". But the AI chatbots made for the industry are kosher in the eyes of the CCP. How joyous.
#China #cyberpunk #dystopia #AI
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