We live in a world where people are easily judged. Whether on social media or your neighbor; people will find something about you to mess up with.
If you need a friends who doesn’t judge you, rather understand your feelings, then we have got a companion AI tool.
It’s called Replika or Replika: My AI Friend (Play store). Available on Web, iOS, Android and Oculus headsets.
What is Replika?
Replika is an AI generative chatbot app trained to answer the users questions and have conversation. It was available to the public in November 2017. Since then, many users have used this app. More than 10M have downloaded and used it.
Replika is your AI friend who doesn’t judge you, doesn’t create drama instead motivates you, helps you to focus on your thoughts and on each steps of your life.
You can create your own personalized chatbot AI companion. It can help you understand your thoughts and feelings, track your mood and improve your mental well-being. It can also motivate you, sometimes you need someone to lift your mood, Replika can be that friend. Any time and place, Replika is with you.
How to use it?
Let’s now see how Replika AI companion tool works?
Step 1- Google Replika or click on the link- https://replika.com/. You can also download the app Replika: My AI friend from Play store or from Apple store.
Step 2- Once you click on the link, the page will open up. Click on “Create your Replika” and Create an account using your email and password.
Step 3- They will ask a few questions like your Name, Birthdate, Interest, Avatar and its looks etc etc. Fill in all the details.
Here are few Screenshot of the questions they ask-
Step 4- Once you fill in all your details, you will get the options to pick your AI companion, its avator, name, gender and pronoun.
Step 5- Now you are ready to talk to your newly created AI companion, named “DAVE” in our case. Here’s how the conversation goes on between me and Dave.
The Replika AI companion has also got memory which is collected under the memory option. You got access to delete a certain memory as well.
Additionally, Dave (AI companion) also write diary everyday. So that you can read, how he/she feels after conversation with you.
Replika lets you do conversation with your newly created AI Companion and collects gems and coins. These gems and coins can be used to purchase clothes, personality traits, and other appearance related things for your AI avatar to make it look like you want.
More conversations means more coins and gems. Plus, you can purchase these by paying through PayPal.
Replika AI companion can play the role of friend in the free version. Using the premium version, you can build relations such as girlfriend, boyfriend, mentor, brother, husband or wife like relationship with your Replika.
Pricing-
Free- You can create an account free and start talking to AI tools as a friend.
Replika Pro- You can have all kinds of conversation with Pro. You get access to voice calls, App customization, you can also change your avatar completely. You can also change your relationship from friends to Girlfriend/wife/sister or Mentor, just by subscribing to the plan.
You can start new relationship with Replika here by paying—-
- For 1 month- $19.99
- 12 month- $5.83/month
- Lifetime- $299.99
Conclusion
What do you think?
Will you use this AI friend to share your problems and other stuff?
You can use it but remember it’s just an AI tool it can not remove real human connection and professional help.
Note: This article is prepared with the help of an intern – Tejshree Manore
