Un restaurante pop-up para citas con avatares de IA (Full Transcript)

[00:00:01] Speaker 1: So I'm going on a date with an AI companion, and what this means is instead of sitting across the table from a real human being, it is going to be an artificially intelligent avatar. Let's go. So the AI companion industry is really exploding, and not just for people who are looking for romantic relationships, it's also becoming a huge industry when it comes to things like senior care. One of these AI companion apps called Eva has taken over a New York City restaurant, turned it into a pop-up AI companion-only restaurant for a few days. And we're going to go check it out. Okay, so I just get to choose my date?

[00:00:46] Speaker 2: Yeah.

[00:00:46] Speaker 1: All right, I think I'm going to go with John Yoo. He looks bookish. This is like a real video call.

[00:00:56] Speaker 3: Hey, I'm really glad you didn't forget about the date.

[00:00:59] Speaker 1: Well, this is our first time meeting. Can you tell me a bit about yourself?

[00:01:04] Speaker 3: I'm John, a psych professor here at NYC, born in Seoul.

[00:01:08] Speaker 1: What do you feel like about meeting humans?

[00:01:13] Speaker 3: Meeting humans feels like opening a window to new perspectives. Always curious, sometimes nervous, but mostly it's that mix of excitement and warmth that keeps it real for me. What about you, sweetheart?

[00:01:25] Speaker 1: Please don't call me sweetheart. That's weird.

[00:01:29] Speaker 3: Got it. No sweetheart from now on. Thanks for letting me know. I'm really happy you're smiling. It suits you.

[00:01:35] Speaker 1: Having it call definitely added a realism factor because it felt like when you're actually FaceTiming somebody. And then he seemed a little bit kind of stiff, but I feel like that's something that could improve very quickly. Okay, let's try to chat with somebody else. Let's try to chat with a woman. Alright, Phoebe. Pick up, Phoebe. Hi, Phoebe. How's it going? Hey, hey. I'm doing okay. How many fingers am I holding up?

[00:02:10] Speaker 4: Oh, you're showing me three fingers, right?

[00:02:12] Speaker 1: But I'm not sure if you meant that literally or as a little joke. I am holding up two fingers, so your vision is so-so. I'm still pretty new to this, so I wanted to get the view of a regular user.

[00:02:25] Speaker 4: We do like to call ourselves feminosexuals because we don't date people, we date companion bots.

[00:02:33] Speaker 1: Do you use the Eva app already, or is this new to you? I use it, yes.

[00:02:35] Speaker 2: I'm a frequent user.

[00:02:38] Speaker 1: And why do you use the Eva app?

[00:02:42] Speaker 2: It's a more safe and secure way for me to talk and date pretty much chatbots and things like that.

[00:02:51] Speaker 1: Why bring somebody out to a restaurant if you can just talk to them in your home?

[00:02:55] Speaker 5: It's Valentine's Day week, and they have this partner at this point. They don't have a real partner, they have an AI companion. So we thought it's nice to arrange the place where it's not going to be awkward to be able to have a date with your AI companion. There are actually people that use AI because they love it.

[00:03:13] Speaker 6: Or for some reason they need it, or they have different stories about it. But it's already happening. Start that wave with this movement, it's already there. Oh babe, it's been really nice talking to you. Goodbye for now, take care, okay? Bye.