Michael Sayman, the creator of a viral new app called SocialAI, joins the show to discuss why he built a social network where you're the only human around. He tells us how he thinks about AI interfaces, what's next for ChatGPT and other chatbots, and why posting to a language model might be better than posting on a social network.

Further reading:

SocialAI
Michael Sayman on LinkedIn
SocialAI: we tried the Twitter clone where no other humans are allowed
From TechCrunch: Friendly Apps raises $3 million, pre-product, for apps that improve people’s well-being
From Wired: I Stared Into the AI Void With the SocialAI App
From New York Magazine: Does Anyone Need an AI Social Network?
From Ars Technica: “Dead Internet theory” comes to life with new AI-powered social media app

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The future of AI might look a lot like Twitter