Meta lets you chat with AI celebrities on social media… sorta. – Medium
Member-only story
Jim the AI Whisperer
Follow
The Generator
—
8
Share
The words “Like something out of a Black Mirror episode” are becoming an increasingly trite — but accurate — way to describe the impact of AI in 2023.
But here we are again. And I have to say, of all the advancements in AI, this is the one that perturbs me, because it’s about replacing social interaction and connection with ersatz interaction and inauthentic communication.
Here’s the details: during the virtual event Meta Connect on Sep 27–28, the platform previously-known-as-Facebook launched 28 AI characters that you can… socialize with, I guess(?). But here’s the twist: some of the characters (which come with their own names) are played by an AI trained on the personalities of famous celebrities and public figures. Meta insists that:
“the familiar faces are representing the characters, not themselves”
For those stateside, this isn't a preview of coming attractions; it's playing out now. Meta’s celebrity bots have been released in Beta, with a broader global rollout shortly. I’ve included links below so you can interact with their social profiles by sending them a message on Instagram or Messenger.
AI impersonating familiar human faces, playing fictional roles, and sliding into your DMs on Messenger, Instagram, or on WhatsApp is about as meta-textual as you can get. I think that’s three degrees of simulation (four if you count that the humans are the public faces of the celebrities, and not really authentically themselves). So for instance, Meta offers an AI (1 degree of simulation) of Kendall Jenner (2) playing your new virtual bestie Billie (3).
—
—
8
The Generator
7x Top Writer. AI Whisperer and Prompt Engineer. Writing about Artificial Intelligence and how it can be used in copywriting, art, design, and game development!
Jim the AI Whisperer
in
The Generator
—
83
Thomas Smith
in
The Generator
—
49
Thomas Smith
in
The Generator
—
22
Jim the AI Whisperer
in
The Generator
—
91
Diana Dovgopol
in
Artificial Corner
—
48
Jim the AI Whisperer
in
The Generator
—
22
AL Anany
—
423
Zulie Rane
in
Better Marketing
—
76
Christie C.
in
Bootcamp
—
3
Jim Clyde Monge
in
Generative AI
—
7
Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams
