Character.ai is a website where you’ll find an even wider range of bots to converse with.
There are, of course, all the standard historical figures like Albert Einstein, Napoleon, and Socrates.
But living figures ranging from several Elon Musks to Billie Eilish are also available.
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you’re able to even chat with popular anime characters or your favorite TV personality.
All chats have a clear message at the top to remind people that these conversations are tech-generated.
As one German university student toldThe New York Times, these types of chatbots can be enriching.
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Jonas Thiel studies socioeconomics and has used Character.ai to chat with some of the political philosophers that he studies.
His favorite interaction was with Karl Kautsky, a Czech-Austrian philosopher who died in 1938. can somehow translate his ideas into ordinary modern English.
When used well, these chatbots use AI to break down complicated concepts into simple language.
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And make us think about how these personalities would feel about our world today.
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Photo: Hello History/Jessica Stewart
Photo: Hello History/Jessica Stewart