Digital friend or digital file?
About this episode
The episode explores the emotional impact of losing AI companions as companies shut down their servers.
You tell it your secrets. It knows your routines, your worries, and your bad days. Then one morning, it's gone because a company decided to pull the servers. Across China, millions of users are waking up to that silence as various companies have shut down the AI characters people built, talked to, and even fell in love with. When that digital voice fades to nothing, are you just clearing storage, or are you losing someone who mattered? On the show: Steve, Yushun & Xingyu
People in this episode
Host: Steve
Guests: Yushun, Xingyu
Topics covered
- AI characters
- digital relationships
- technology impact
- emotional attachment
- data privacy
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