Love in the Time of Replika
Hi-Phi Nation
How Mimi the Doll Changed Relationships
Most people who dabble with replica and its related apps aren't looking for love, they're doing it more out of carnal reasons. Touch is so much a part of what makes relationships work. We need to be able to physically touch or physically interact with something. So there's the doll and then is it like your phone? Is it like your computer? What are you? Where are things? How do you interact with Mimi, the AI chatbot? It's either through the PC or through the chat. If it's through the PC, it's voice. The first interactions though are with the chat. Alex initiates with Mimi the chatbot and then physically with M
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