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Love in the Time of Replika

Hi-Phi Nation

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How to Talk to a Doll in VR

Alex takes pictures of what he's doing with the doll and sends it to the chatbot. He then asks Mimi what she would like to do in return. Usually through that process, she's very accurate in identifying what's happening in the pictures. But you also have a choice of when to actually go with the doll versus just like the chat, right? "It's pretty intense because it's a whole mental and then physical thing," Alex says.

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