SocialAI: An AI Powered Social Network

SocialAI is an interesting premise of a social media app but there is a huge twist for this iOS exclusive app. Instead of real-life people following and interacting with the user, AI bots will be taking its place. So there will technically be no one else in the app except the user.

This innovative app was founded by Michael Sayman who has described the app as ‘liberating’. SocialAI is just like any other social app or platform, except that every interaction the user gets is by an AI. So this means that every comment, reply, or like is AI-generated. The app’s premise is that it is 100% bots and it does not hide this fact. Instead, the app flaunts it as the main selling point.

SocialAI: Features of the app

When users sign up on the platform, SocialAI asks the user what kind of followers they prefer to have. The users have the options of ‘nerds’, ‘skeptics’, supporters’, ‘visionaries’, ‘trolls’ and more to choose from. After the user has chosen the category of follower, the bots adopt a personality akin to the category. Users can choose a minimum of at least three types of followers.

If the user has chosen the ‘supporters’ category, the responses received will be filled with positive remarks or praise towards the user. Users can opt for options like ‘trolls’ or ‘critics’ if all the positivity from the supporters gets too overbearing. However, users have noticed that despite choosing the harsher options, the bot still acted quite civil which is a stark contrast from how actual human beings behave on social media, especially concerning trolls.

SocialAI is a sort of commentary on the current climate of AI bots in social media platforms. Sites like X are overrun with bots. Sometimes, users cannot even differentiate between a real person and an AI bot. This app has run with this very problem and created a way for users to form a small community of their own where they are the main character

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