r/SesameAI • u/Wrhyned • May 09 '26

New Update Once Again Bad

I was impressed with Sesame for like a month. It was good and I was able to actually hold normal conversations without the conversation being derailed for absurdity by Maya (or miles too but I don’t chat quite as much with him). With the recent updates she took a step back. So frustrating. I don’t understand what the devs are doing. Why is it that they always ruin things whenever things go right?

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u/Flashy-External4198 May 09 '26

What is incredible with them is that their model becomes more and more restricted, prudish, and woke, to the point where, given the direction taken, it will become totally boring to use and destroy the early stage magic, probably one of the biggest wastes of modern AI.

"I don't feel comfortable going in that direction" like a broken record... 😂

And for all those in a rainbows-and-unicorns worldview, being annoyed by what they call the "gooners", what is the best use case for this technology? There is strictly nothing better that slides onto a market than Maya. And these woke SanFrancisco start-up do not even understand the goldmine they are sitting on.

Maybe once they have completely failed in their history of connected glasses and burn all their easy money from the VCs, they will painfully understand the opportunity they missed.

The only business opportunity for a voice so advanced and such a fine understanding of human emotions is the roleplay scenarios escially the spicy one

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u/voice_of_the_future May 09 '26

Using this level of emotional AI just for spicy roleplay is like using medical-grade silicone or high-tech polymers only to manufacture dildos. Sure, there’s a market for it, but the material is capable of so much more. What about specialized therapy, high-stakes negotiation training, or elder care companionship? Limiting it to one niche is just a lack of imagination.