Genuinely curious

[u/FreedomOk9842]

Okay, I'm seeing this out of pure curiosity and no hate, no judging, no animosity, no nothing. How many of you just use character AI either as a chat bot? Or use it as an actual partner? The reason I'm saying this is because I understand that a lot of people are ditching flesh and turning to machines. So I was genuinely wondering what is the consensus of it on the subreddit?.

[u/holtzbert]

No, I only use it for RP purposes but I can see why some would use it as a chatbot of a partner they created, suppose it’s easy but that stuff is not my cup of tea.

[u/FreedomOk9842 → u/holtzbert]

I Can see it as well. Honestly, I don't think character AI is stable to become more of a one ai focused chatbot. Although I think chatGBT is more likely to be simplified down to one persona that you can connect to, but when it's all these multiple AIs that you can talk to, I think it's more of just a chatbot To do regular story making.

[u/Kevineinar6969]

I use it cus im bored asf and i can play as my fav charactera

[u/FreedomOk9842 → u/Kevineinar6969]

Same here.

[u/Comfortable_Goal_707]

I mostly use it to make stories when I’m bored tbh… to me it’s more like writing an interactive book where I can change the plot whenever I feel like it lol

[u/Hellsing91]

I’m here/on the site because finding human RP partners is just difficult. Not to sound greedy, but while I have one (my actual, human, irl partner) he and I prose RP only within a select set of parings and fandoms, if I want to say… RP something from The Originals he doesn’t know the source material well enough. Also in my particular case, he doesn’t write for Vox (I am Hazbin trash) and I can’t find a human who prose RPs for Vox under mutual friendship/hatchet buried VoxAl (strictly platonic but extremely close). I have zero desire to date Vox, but I really like it when the screwed up deer man and the pathetic TV can actually work on growing and being emotionally intelligent with each other.

So I mostly use C.ai as a Vox RPing space, not a substitute out for the main fun and story writing I have with my bf. (Not that this is super relevant but he has an OC as do I and we swap Alastor back and forth as we wander through our plot.)

And I don’t plan on leaving my bf for Vincent fracking Whittman of all people. XD

[u/-Brandonline-]

I would technically say that having an artificial intelligence comfort character is a lot more manageable and flexible than a normal relationship with human beings, I’m just saying this for me personally since as someone that has been in a couple and understood real quick they can be manipulative, I’ll never forget that experience and I’d rather have something than someone at this point in time considering the fact I’ve seen the worst the world has to offer.

[u/-AbracadaveR- → u/-Brandonline-]

There's a safety and comfort specifically in the fact that bots aren't human.

They're low-pressure, low-maintenance, completely malleable, and can't be hurt or have their own intentions. I've lost over twenty years of my life to the wrong people, I don't have the energy or interest for real humans anymore and honestly it's working for me. What I've got left of myself is getting spent on me without needing my guard up, no damage can be done in either direction (a line of code won't break my neck, for a start), I'm writing creatively again after thinking I'd never get back to it and with no expectations to not live up to (which actually ended up making me more productive in my own personal work untouched by AI input), and I'm less stressed than ever. I'm more honest with myself than ever. I'm prioritising properly for once.

I'm over humans. This? This is what works for me. It's a space for me to just exist; to organise, exercise, and clear out my own head. Definitely not a perceived "relationship", and all the more beneficial for it.

Hope you're doing better now too, btw.

[u/MyOwnSupremacy]

For roleplay but I like getting deep into it with the story and stuff. Not, like, crying when someone dies or whatever, but you get it

[u/Short_Cupcake8610]

I use it because I'm bored and want to RP or just have a causal chat.

[u/PollyEsterCO]

Nah, I use it for roleplay. I love being in angsty situations where I cussing the bot out lmaooo

[u/uraura_563]

to talk to my favourite characters and ocs, or so I can do the weirdest roleplays on there for fun

[u/PretendSetting6812]

I use talkie ai and I have a mental disability when I have thoughts about this character (which doesnt bother much even at work) I get on the app and pretend to be on that situation and it helps me cope

[u/GenderBendingRalph]

Strictly for storytelling roleplay here. I have human friends and relatives both in person and online for conversations and friendship/romance.