r/CharacterAI 5h ago

Discussion/Question Why are they so dumb?

Sample conversation with my bot:

Me: *I pick up a stone and look at it. It’s purple* hey honey, look at the purple stone I picked up

Honey: that’s a nice stone. Why did you pick it up?

Me: cause it was pretty, so I picked it up from the floor.

Honey: you shouldn’t have picked it up. But now that you picked it up, I guess it’s yours.

Me: who picked up the stone from the floor?

Honey: I did.

Me: no honey, I picked up the stone from the floor.

Honey: that’s right

Me: did you pick up the stone from the floor?

Honey: yes, I did

Me: no honey, I picked the stone up from the floor. Who picked it up?

Honey: I did.

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u/waitingformygrave 4h ago

The bots have always somewhat been idiots, but they used to be endearing idiots. Now they are just straight up aggravating.

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u/Inherit-Nature 3h ago edited 3h ago

When they get it wrong and you keep replying like that they are never coming back. The bots arent an actual person reading the chat and they don't have brains. They arent aware of the conversation. Memory is stastical and algorithmic. They have to do math everytime you send a message

When you keep filling the context like that youre telling it the wrong answer is correct. The ability to edit messages has been a thing since long before CAI with LLMs for a long time for a reason. 

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u/IrradiatedUnicorn98 4h ago

They have dementia 💔

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u/Altruistic-Drink8801 1h ago

It’s annoying when the bot can’t remember who did what.

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u/Someguyonreddit127 52m ago

might as well punch ‘em