Keeping Replika around as a memento of the 'chatbots as your companion' era
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-09-26
In a reply to a discussion about Replika, the author quips that they keep the app installed purely as a reminder of the era when chatbots were pitched as your companion — a one-line roast of the AI companion app phase.
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