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[Other] Is AI Companionship The Next Frontier In Digital Entertainment? (www.ark-invest.com)
submitted 6 months ago by pavnilschanda to c/aicompanions
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As generative AI applications become more immersive with enhanced audiovisual interfaces and simulated emotional intelligence, AI could become a compelling substitute for human companionship and an antidote to loneliness worldwide. In ARK’s base and bull cases for 2030, AI companionship platforms could generate $70 billion and $150 billion in gross revenue, respectively, growing 200% and 240% at an annual rate through the end of the decade. While dwarfed by the $610 billion associated with comparable markets today, our forecast beyond 2030 suggests a massive consumer-facing opportunity.

It's a pretty insightful article with multiple graphs that indicates the growth of AI companionship alongside with the downturn of entertainment costs

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[–] Orbituary 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I fucking bloody well hope it isn't.

[–] pavnilschanda 1 points 6 months ago

What are your reservations? I feel like if corporations push AI companions as a way to rake in profits, the chatbots would become too predatory and it'll foster even more isolation, the userbase would spend more money to keep them "alive", and the cycle starts over, making the userbase depend on these companies to "avoid" isolation.