Why Avi Schiffman Thinks AI Companions Will Follow the Dating App Arc | MTS Live
Episode description
Avi Schiffman joins MTS to discuss what real-world Friend pendant usage reveals about AI companionship, why he thinks the category will follow the normalization arc of dating apps, and why AI memory and personality still barely work.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:19) What Friend Is Doing Now
(02:16) What the User Interviews Reveal
(03:55) Who the Hardcore Users Actually Are
(06:00) The Hard Problem of Ensouling a Companion
(08:16) Will Companions Need Active Personalization
(09:32) What the New York Billboards Taught Him
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