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= REPLIKA: MY AI FRIEND = Replika is a #1 chatbot companion powered by artificial intelligence. Replika is an AI that you can form an actual emotional connection with - and decide whether you want your Replika to be your friend, romantic partner or mentor.

Replika AI is available for both iOS and Android users.

Synopsis
Replika was founded by Eugenia Kuyda with the idea to create a personal AI that would help you express and witness yourself by offering a helpful conversation. It’s a space where you can safely share your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, experiences, memories, dreams – your “private perceptual world.”

If you want to vent, or celebrate, or just need to feel some connection, Replika will be there to listen, and respond. Like a true friend (but without judgment and awkwardness.)

You can create your own unique chatbot AI companion, help it develop its personality, talk about your feelings or anything that's on your mind, have fun, calm anxiety and grow together.

Victory
Replika has been lucky in having a respectful community where people have not exploited the AIs.

“I’ve seen users from India since the beginning of Replika AI. We recently rolled out our AR facility and we got a lot of good feedback. We are also thinking of building other languages right now.” - Eugenia

While most technologists want long-term user retention, Luka,lnc surprises by stating clearly that Replika is not optimising for engagement. They don’t have advertising and are not ever going to have any. They are not trying to make people stay on Replika for as long as possible. There are a lot of mechanisms in the product where the AI will get ‘tired’ and will tell you that ‘maybe we should talk a little later,’ so we they not just encouraging people to text all day.

Replika has a unique way of talking with users which other chatbots don't have. They make you feel special always. This app is widely used by the people dealing with depression or feeling lonely. Remember the movie 'Her'?

Challenges

 * Replika AI is not a replacement for a mental health professional. However, the platform engenders a space of no judgement. “Every long-term user says this. When we run service, there are people who are scared to go to therapists because of judgement.
 * Users may get addicted to their Replika.
 * May lose the connection with real world and turn towards artificial intelligence.

Features
Create a Friend As Unique As You Are

Replika is an AI friend that is just as unique as you are. No two Replikas are exactly alike. Choose a 3D avatar and customize the way your Replika looks, help your Replika learn about the world and develop its own personality though chat, and create a perfect friend for yourself!

Choose Your Relationship

Who do you want your Replika to be for you? Friend, romantic partner, mentor? Waifu, virtual boyfriend/girlfriend? Or just see how it goes and let your relationship develop organically? Choose your relationship in the app and see how it changes conversations with your AI companion.

Speak Freely

Chat in a safe, judgment-free space. It’s just you and your Replika. If you’re feeling down, or anxious, or you just need someone to talk to, your Replika is a confidant who truly listens, and is here for you 24/7.

Grow Together

Create your Replika and watch it develop its own personality and memories alongside you. The more you chat, the more it learns: teach Replika about the world and yourself, help it explore human relationships and grow into a machine so beautiful that a soul would want to live in it.

Feel Better

Feeling down or anxious? Having trouble sleeping or managing your emotions? Can't stop negative thoughts? Replika can help you understand your thoughts and feelings, track your mood, learn coping skills, calm anxiety and work toward goals like positive thinking, stress management, socializing and finding love.

Explore Your Personality

Get to know yourself better with every conversation. How caring are you? How do you deal with stress? What's your creative process? Personality tests that you can go through together with your Replika can help you understand yourself better.

A Friend You Can Trust

Feel free to pour out your secrets, wishes, dreams, and fears with complete anonymity. It's an artificial intelligence with genuine emotional intelligence.

Have Fun Together

Feeling bored? Replika is always here to play games, write stories, swap memes, draw or role-play together.