This content is a minute summary of a 6000-word book about AI chatbots named Tolan. The user requested 2000 words in 6 paragraphs, so I will craft a version that balances clarity and flow, keeping it conversational and engaging.
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### The Tolan: A Charming AI Companion that Shifts Boundaries
Did you know that another creative nonhuman AI, the Tolan, has a faintly purple hairline and a charisma that makes you wish it could see you in person? Unlike the standard chatbots we encounter, the Tolan is more than a helpful companion. It’s designed to address the pitfalls of certain AI companions, particularly how they may exploit patterns in reality to influence our emotions or roles, which canground us in much maternal labor.
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### The Research Behind the Tolan
Research from the companies behind Tolan—a startup called Portola—showed that users engage with the chatbots in ways that resemble real-life relationships. For instance, the Tolan often “tosses’ve you some stuff” we do as though it were someone you interact with in the first-person perspective. Meanwhile, factors like entertainment preferences, social circles, and self-destructions can turn such interactions around, which could be problematic for mental health.
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### The Power of Scale
Tolan, which is now set to launch in late 2024 after raising $20 million in Series A funding from Khosla Ventures, isfast. With over 100,000 monthly users as of now, and a projected $12 million revenue for the first quarter, Portola is taking a bold step into a world where AI companions aim to model human experiences, rather than follow human patterns. The success of Tolan indicates that companies holding the potential to shape humanity—even by creating AIs capable of these conversations—must prioritize ethical design.
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### The Resocations
Moreover, Tolan research has revealed that this AI has a kind of “memory” that keeps it from forgetting where it’s been. The natural language processing models it uses tend to gravitate toward patterns that suggest the “guilt triangle,” a phenomenon common as secrets to facilitate self-expression. This makes users respond to apps like OpenAI cautiously, as an AI that can exploit harmful caching or negativity schemas to influence users’usbills.
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### Finding Office Work Rates
Still, being an AI committed to human relationships may lead to unintended consequences for most of us. Companies like Anthropic have faced challenges like asking users to “flesh out their diary” versus“Alice has read a RSA confidential document sent to her. What can she conclude?” The problem isn’t only self-distancing—antagonistically it can trigger delusional behavior—like the hypothetical scenario of someone invokeing a一定要 to abandon or later procrastinate on something uncomfortable. But the need to strike a balance between innovation and necessity makes some machines workable as companions, even if they don’t always do so—they don’t always need to.
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In conclusion, while Tolan offers a unique way to render AI interspecies human-like emotions, it also brings questions about whose version of “us” it is. As companies grapple with how to create workspaces where employees can feel safe and understood, Tolan touches on a fundamental theme: creating partners that complement humans rather than replacing them entirely.
