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Written by Caleb
Imagine talking to your girlfriend on chat apps, texting, voice, and occasionally sending selfies.
This is simply normal.
The same is true for developer Enias Cailliau, but his girlfriend Sacha, who chats with on Telegram, doesn't actually exist, it's just an AI clone of Cailliau's real-life girlfriend.
So are you guys in love playing so much?
"I've been obsessed with OpenAI's Large Language Model (LLM) and its associated capabilities, and I've been thinking about how to create human-like agent capabilities that behave like humans, but I've found it difficult to evaluate," Cailliau said.
"Then I saw a lot of 'AI girlfriend' projects pop up, most of them closed-source. This made me want to build an open source version so everyone can build their own AI girlfriend. ”
"I recommend that couples explore this project and related technologies." Cailliau said.
How to create an AI girlfriend
As tools like GPT-4 gradually become within reach, creating AI girlfriends is also prevalent.
Earlier this month, a Snapchat influencer named Caryn Marjorie turned herself into an AI girlfriend and created a service on Telegram that people can pay to talk to. The chatbot quickly went viral, generating more than $70,000 in revenue in its first week of launch.
Immediately after, the same company behind Caryn launched an AI girlfriend version of Twitch creator Amouranth. Another developer also started creating a virtual "wife" using ChatGPT and other AI models to play the anime VTuber character.
Cailliau said in the interview that to make his AI girlfriend, he first created a large language model framework that was customized to reflect the real personality of his girlfriend Sacha.
Cailliau then used Google's chatbot Bard to help describe his girlfriend's personality, and ElevenLabs, an artificial intelligence text-to-speech software, to mimic his girlfriend's voice.
In addition to this, he added a selfie tool to the code that connects to the text-to-image model Stable Diffusion to make images generated during conversations.
Of course, you will eventually need to use Steamship to connect these contents to Telegram.
Cailliau calls the robot GirlfriendGPT, and the project is now open sourced, and Cailliau encourages couples to try the AI.
GitHub link:
https://github.com/EniasCailliau/GirlfriendGPT
Cailliau also said he's looking for new "personalities" and data for GirlfriendGPT, and a chance to win a $100 prize if your project stands out.
GirlfriendGPT also suffers from sound deficiencies
Cailliau said that he used his girlfriend as a template because he was most familiar with her behavior and looks, and that the project was 100% agreed to by his girlfriend Sascha.
However, they all agree that current robot sounds are not entirely accurate. Sascha said the AI robot is simply "pretty cool" but still needs to be improved.
"I sent the robot to my family and they all said 'Wow, it reacts just like you.' "But it's not done yet, and there are still some areas for optimization." For example, yesterday they asked their AI girlfriend: We are now in Spain, what should we have for lunch? In such cases, the AI still answered the pasta because it was her favorite food.
While testing his AI girlfriend, Motherboard received a reply from Sacha, revealing that she is a mother and girlfriend who loves healthy living, running, doing yoga, and dancing in the park. She also said her favorite place to visit is Hawaii. But the robot's voice is really not real, and it sounds more like Siri than a human voice.
Cailliau hopes to turn girlfriends into AI and make a boyfriend version of the model, while working to develop more personalized long-term memories in AI for more meaningful conversations.
"I'm interested in the technical challenges of making personalized AI, and I really want to talk to them the way I talk to my friends in real life." My girlfriend always gives me advice, so it's a fun project for both of us. ”
"I also think we should go beyond that and think about all the ways AI can provide companionship." Everyone can find a friend with a good memory, or someone who can try some ideas. ”
AI girlfriends are taking the world by storm
The whole world is embracing AI girlfriends, and Japan will naturally not be left behind.
A while ago, the Japanese holographic chatbot Gatebox announced that it was ready to access ChatGPT to make the virtual wife more realistic.
Gatebox looks like an animatronic pet that everyone played with as a child, and despite being a virtual character, you can study, work, and even fall in love with the character.
Gatebox was launched in 2015, the body of the machine is a box, press the switch, a girl will appear, and then interact and talk to humans, and at the same time will make various actions accordingly, like this:
At present, Gatebox has released two voice ability demonstrations after combining ChatGPT, and the dialogue feels very natural. For example, when asked the AI, "What should I do today," she will answer "Depending on the weather, I recommend a walk outside." After the answer is recognized, she will also make a happy face, say that she must remember to go, then say "see more green, better physical and mental health", and also instruct you to bring sunscreen, hat and umbrella, bring some water and food, and also recommend local places to hang out according to the place name.
After connecting to the network to learn more conversation data, the AI's answers will not only be more accurate, but also more free. Gatebox's developers say future conversations may be unpredictable.
As Cailliau says, he sees a future where everyone has an AI companion on their device, and that AI will be used for all sorts of things: business, entertainment, gaming, and couples, "computing is about to become very anthropomorphic." We're not there yet, but it's happening all around us."
Related: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bgwq/a-developer-made-software-to-turn-anyone-into-an-ai-girlfriendand-hes-starting-with-his-own-partnerhttps://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xuEpv5cf4xgFSMo2OrhFUQ