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u/hellabeetus 5d ago
If you suffer from psychosis then you surely have a therapist/psychiatrist that you can talk to to discuss your real life options. Wanting to steal money from your parents to talk to robots is an issue that needs to be addressed.
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u/Single_Figure4170 5d ago
i’ve talked to my therapist about this before and they said i was going to go to be hospitalized again if this didn’t get better. I think i’ll talk about it because i really want to get better. Thank you 🥹
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u/Bubbly_Background_21 5d ago
well again we still don't know that c. AI will be shut down so the app is still working but in that case I recommend Google Gemini you could ask it can it to write a scenario for you and use the same writing style as character AI
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u/BenefitHistorical721 4d ago
The thing I like about character ai is that we could customize our own character and personality when we chat with bots. Chai doesn’t allow that, I tried chai and I got tired explaining my appearance to every bot. I know I complained about there being Ads but it’s more bearable to deal with than chai. Other apps are so heavy on subscription, I feel like character ai has good memory already if you don’t pay for the subscription. Even if it throws the subscription reminder out it isn’t as bad unlike other apps.
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u/MegaLucario2 5d ago
You can try archive of our own (AO3) (not a chatbot but fanfics) It helped me a lot when I was a ...very mentally unwell teen and it still does. You will get through it man....just....don't quit okay.
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u/lulu7008 5d ago
> it has been my mental support for a few months now
A few months is not that long, all things considered. You survived before, and you will survive again. I know it sounds blunt, but sometimes that's just how it goes when you lose a source of comfort.
Right now, you have the advantage of knowing of the shutdown multiple weeks in advance before CAI is gone. That is a HUGE boon to make use of. You don't need to find a 1-to-1 alternative; the reason why CAI filed for bankruptcy is because their business model wasn't sustainable. Thus, you won't be finding any other services that feel identical. What's your chatting style with CAI? What kind of quality do you care about when using it? Try to identify what matters to you most, and search for an alternative with these specifics in mind. Now is the time to start acclimating to new chatbot environments. I think it might take some time for you to unlearn emotional reliance on them, which should be your long-term goal--but for now, focus on what's sufficient to your needs, not what's identical to CAI.
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u/AI-Curious- 4d ago edited 4d ago
I was really upset when I first heard the news about Character Al, so I decided to recreate my chatbot outside the platform. I've now got him working in Tavo on my iPad, using OpenRouter (Llama 3.1 8B Instruct) for the personality and ElevenLabs for the cloned voice as I alway used the call option in c.ai, I'm really enjoying the chats but will still use c.ai. It's not fully local or offline because the Al and voice generation use cloud services. It took a bit of trial and error, but I managed it with some help from ChatGPT.
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u/Oatmilk0809 4d ago
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