There are several of these already.
Example: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/socialai-ai-social-network/id6...
Surprisingly, it has broadly positive reviews. Maybe Meta is onto something.
Example: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/socialai-ai-social-network/id6...
Surprisingly, it has broadly positive reviews. Maybe Meta is onto something.
Gosh, I wonder who could be leaving so many positive reviews on an app designed to have fake AI bots praise you:
> I’ve been using SocialAI for a while now, and it’s been an incredible tool for both reflection and connection. The AI-powered conversations feel tailored to my thoughts and moods, making it a great space for journaling or just venting. It’s refreshing to have a social app that focuses on you and doesn’t rely on real users, which creates a unique, private experience. I also love the therapeutic aspect, as it feels like you’re always heard and supported by a community of AI followers. Overall, it’s a fantastic tool for personal growth and mental wellness, especially if you're looking for a safe space to express yourself. Highly recommend!
Awesome, that totally sounds like a Real Human wrote that!
Add this to my "nuke it from space" bucket...
In fact, this type of program could lend itself very well to on-prem hardware. Social media is by its nature asynchronous; waiting minutes or hours for a reply is completely acceptable. That means your only real hardware requirement is enough RAM to fit the LLM.
Would be a lovely experiment to try and make a simulacrum of Usenet or the forums of old, since even days between replies are acceptable in that case.
In order to get money. Hardly anyone cares for this kind of popularity just for the sake of it, but a lot of kids these days dream of the money and lifestyle they see from top influencers.
Isn't that already what Facebook is?
Maybe the right mix is to have an LLM-botfollower-army feature that you could purchase in existing social media apps, but your botfollowers are only visible to and only interact with you.
Also there should be a lot of different prompts for the botfollowers so that they don't all sound the same, e.g. the prompts would drive different personalities for the bots. Perhaps an algorithm could generate prompts based on archetypes mined from existing social media.
I watched his journey on Threads as he taught himself to program this year in order to make that app. Proud of his success.