Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion | Lex Fridman Podcast

Eugenia Kuyda co-founder of Replika, an AI companion. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Eugenia's Twitter: / ekuyda
Replika's Twitter: / myreplika
Replika's Website: replika.ai
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
6:18 - Loneliness
13:54 - Can AI alleviate loneliness?
18:13 - Love
20:49 - Russia in the 1990's
31:47 - Chernobyl
41:35 - Communism
49:21 - Losing a friend
57:55 - Mortality
1:10:41 - Replika origin story
1:59:37 - Bringing people back to life with AI
2:05:37 - Relationship with Replika
2:18:27 - Can you form a connection with text alone?
2:27:45 - Does an AI companion need a body?
2:30:20 - Her
2:37:24 - GPT-3 for conversation
2:43:48 - We should be nice to AI
2:46:52 - Book recommendations
2:53:45 - Russian language
2:58:41 - Meaning of life
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