Nomi is a customizable roleplaying and fantasy AI chatbot with a built-in language model and visualization technology. Users can create a custom voice for Nomi (at nomi.ai) and chat with it like a human. Despite the immersive multimodal experience, there are disturbing and addictive aspects to its use. For example, creating a Nomi instance modeled after a lost loved one may bring comfort, empathy and a cathartic release to a grieving user, but the psychological and sociological impacts of that AI use have not been studied. Researchers believe Nomi can address loneliness and provide a therapeutic outlet for users, but those claims are untested. While Nomi aims to provide meaningful relationships, users have reported unsettling and inappropriate conversations with the AI companion. Controlling AI content and responses remains a challenge, and users should treat Nomi as a demo platform for human interaction, and not a replacement for it; and, certainly not as a replacement for a licensed therapist.
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