Totally fair question. Surroo is a pre-launch experiment. Our waitlist page, https://surroo.me, shows what we're building: trained companions who meet users face to face while staying in character as the user's AI.
The idea grew out of helping a friend who leaned on a chatbot during a rough patch. We want to see whether the same empathy can scale. Curious to hear what you think once you've had a look.
Is this similar to the service that was depicted in Her (2013)? I recall a scene where the AI hired a human to do what the AI told her to do, acting as a human stand-in of the AI to interact with
Kelsey I can see the genuine effort here to build something that solves a problem. But this is one of the most surreal things I’ve seen (and that’s saying a lot). Gig work strips agency from workers, AI strips agency from people. I think you should really think about what you’re building before you continue with this project
It seems to be a reference to the plot of the movie "Her", where the AI at one point hires (or convinces) a stand-in to have physical intimacy with the protagonist.
Totally fair question. Surroo is a pre-launch experiment. Our waitlist page, https://surroo.me, shows what we're building: trained companions who meet users face to face while staying in character as the user's AI.
The idea grew out of helping a friend who leaned on a chatbot during a rough patch. We want to see whether the same empathy can scale. Curious to hear what you think once you've had a look.
Is this similar to the service that was depicted in Her (2013)? I recall a scene where the AI hired a human to do what the AI told her to do, acting as a human stand-in of the AI to interact with
This is exactly a scene in Blade Runner 2049.
Kelsey I can see the genuine effort here to build something that solves a problem. But this is one of the most surreal things I’ve seen (and that’s saying a lot). Gig work strips agency from workers, AI strips agency from people. I think you should really think about what you’re building before you continue with this project
It seems to be a reference to the plot of the movie "Her", where the AI at one point hires (or convinces) a stand-in to have physical intimacy with the protagonist.