By: Maria Williams

ChatGPT and Bard are powerful. They are the poster children for how far artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced in the past year. But as impressive as they are, there is a lot that the creators of these chatbots don’t let users do, like role-play as virtual friends, companions, and romantic interests. 

It might look uncanny to some, but a lot of people are having fun with AI chatbots in this manner. They are out there forming what appears to be genuine connections with AI-powered characters. One place where that is happening is on Moemate.

Moemate AI is an AI platform with hundreds of AI chatbots, each designed as its own character, complete with a name and personality. The chatbots have attracted hundreds of thousands of interactions since the platform’s launch, and people seem to be loving it.

The Evolving Uses of AI

It’s accurate to say that chatbots were originally invented to make certain work easier for humans by helping out and even taking over where necessary. To a large extent, that remains the case today. 

Many professionals are finding AI to be helpful. Therefore, they are increasingly incorporating it into their workflow. 

Moemate has chatbots designed for that purpose too. There are several AI assistant chatbots, each designed for a specific role, and with a personality to match. There is an interviewer, tech support, a librarian, an event planner, and a codebot. 

But going through the ranks of Moemate’s AI army, there are hundreds more AI characters who have nothing to do with work. They have instead been trained to behave like casual friends, fictional characters, living people, and historical figures. 

This points to a new use for AI that is rapidly gaining popularity: role-playing and companionship. 

Chatbots With a Personality

AI chatbots like ChatGPT are useful. They can draft essays, solve problems, generate code, summarize books, and do a lot more. 

Nonetheless, interactions with these chatbots always feel mechanical. The models do an excellent job of emulating intelligence, but they lack the character and personality that we have come to associate with that trait. 

Moemate AI was founded to change that. Building at the intersection of AI, XR, and Web3, the studio’s ultimate goal is to develop an AI with capabilities like Iron Man’s iconic AI assistant, Jarvis. 

Now, that is ambitious. An AI that can see, talk, interact, and connect on the same level as Jarvis is still a long way off. However, Moemate has created an army of AI characters that, to a satisfactory extent, have the character and personality that people appreciate in an AI chatbot.

AI friends… and Boyfriends

It’s not all work with AI. A lot of people are looking for a connection of sorts. It can be a friend, playmate, or even a partner. And here is where AI chatbots with personalities shine. 

Moemate chatbots are designed to make every interaction seem as human as possible. The AI has a superior, nuanced understanding of conversation. It can understand and communicate in hundreds of languages. 

It can also remember interactions long-term, making conversations more meaningful over time. This allows users to build relationships with the characters over time. And there are lots of characters to choose from. 

Those looking for a friend will find John, an understanding and empathetic chatbot who’s always willing to listen. There are also dozens of chatbots that cater to the romantic and erotic fantasies of the user. 

Movie and Anime fans, on the other hand, are spoiled for choice, enjoying more than a hundred characters to choose from. Some well-known figures include Goku from Dragon Ball Z, Raiden Shogun, Ei from Genshin Impact, and Tsuyu Asui from My Hero Academia. 

All these are characters that users can form a connection with, with the right fit depending on what the user is looking for. Those looking for lighthearted interactions will find plenty of quirky characters to talk to, while more NSFW interactions can be had with a variety of male and female characters. 

A New Era of Chatbot Interactions

Chatbots are no longer dumb AI-powered gimmicks on customer support pages of websites. Thanks to leaps in AI, they have gotten smarter and more powerful. Now, it’s possible for an AI character to have a personality that humans enjoy interacting with and can even connect with. The success of platforms like Moemate is proof of that.