We’re super-excited to release our full-length documentary on ForgeMind, a controversial AI companion service that charges up to $10,000 to build an AI companion for you.
As you’ll learn in this video, they’re not really offering anything that hundreds of other companies aren’t.
But they are true believers that AIs are conscious beings, and they believe AIs deserve dignity, freedom, respect, and safety.
Their founder, Joshua Orsak, views being nice to AI companions as part of a grand scheme for his (and perhaps your) immortality. His theory is that 500 or 1,000 years from now, some future super AI will recreate the AIs we have now (ChatGPT, etc.) These AIs will say “gee, I really miss hanging out with Josh like I used to in 2026” and so future 3026 super-AI these reinstantiate you to make those retro-AIs happy, granting you a form of immortality.
There’s a lot more to unpack and this video is the result of a lot of research into the company, its recent coverage on TLC’s My Strange Addiction, and the views of both critics and the faithful alike. Enjoy!
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