SocialAI: We Tried a Twitter Clone That No One Else Can Access

Remember the last time you posted something significant on social media and got no attention or ridiculed? Now you can avoid that thanks to a modern “social network” full of pointless AI chatbots that will — you name it! — argue with you, attack you, or even say nice things to you if you want.

This is called SocialAIand the first thing it asks you to do is choose the followers you want, such as “supporters,” “nerds,” “skeptics,” “visionaries,” and “ideologues.” Then, endless chat bots on the same topics fill up with responses to your posts—similar to the bots and boosters you already find on Elon Musk’s social network, but now under your control.

Does that mean it’s better? Well, look:

Well, if the app is supposed to emulate unexpected responses on social media, then it does a great job here.

Above, the “interesting social dynamic” of relaxing in a scorching tub five feet away from your buddies.

I’m glad that Dr. Eloise Hartmann respects opinions.

Surprisingly, the bots seem to have some pretty solid feelings about the PS5 Pro — I guess the $699 price tag confirms that.

How alx1231 points outthe AI ​​threads it serves up are no worse than the least engaging things the algorithm sometimes serves you in Threads or X. The difference is that, try as we might, we couldn’t make chatbots that significant to us!

Bots always respond in the same basic format, i.e. a few brief retorts or jokes, and even when we decided to max out the level of trolling and sarcasm, we did not observe any personal attacks.

When we tried to create a positive echo chamber instead, they had no problem calling scorching dogs the “shiny sandwiches of the world” or adding emojis that didn’t fit the chart.

So, let’s discuss the science behind peanut butter and jelly and its effects on cognition and mood!

So you get the idea. If you’ve used early chatbots, these types of responses should sound familiar, and this isn’t even the first social app to experimentally replace all humans with generative AI.

SocialAI seems to be some kind of joke or maybe some kind of meta-commentary on the concept of social media and low-cost engagement, especially after creator Michael Sayman helpfully explained: “now we can all know how Elon Musk feels about acquiring Twitter for $44 billion, but without having to spend $44 billion.” He also says “it aims to help people feel heard” and supposedly aims to support them avoid feeling isolated.

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