AI companions stack
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ai companion app
SHOW HN2023
112points
41comments
#576of 3,109 in 2023
Top 19%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 1 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
README is honest about shortcomings
From 1 comment
I love how honest the README is: > Shortcomings > Oh, there are so many.
nl on HN
Objections
Needs several SaaS API keys, so not truly self-hosted AI
From 3 comments
It's not host your own AI at all! You need like 5 saas api-keys to operate this app. But sure, you can host this UI on your own.
yonixw on HN> It's not host your own AI at all! You need like 5 saas api-keys to operate this app. But sure, you can host this UI on your own. Yeah I've pretty much lost all interest in…
ramesh31 on HNThat’s fine but the title is wrong
chillbill on HN
Wrapper around existing services adds little over ChatGPT
From 2 comments
I don't get why I wouldn't just keep an open tab with chatgpt on specific topics. They will very soon have big enough context windows. Why build another UI, deployment pipes and…
arisAlexis on HNBut they created a wrapper web page for a web page here
arisAlexis on HN
Questions
Why build this instead of using ChatGPT directly?
From 1 comment
I don't get why I wouldn't just keep an open tab with chatgpt on specific topics. They will very soon have big enough context windows. Why build another UI, deployment pipes and…
arisAlexis on HN
Alternatives named
ChatGPT
From 2 comments
I don't get why I wouldn't just keep an open tab with chatgpt on specific topics. They will very soon have big enough context windows. Why build another UI, deployment pipes and…
arisAlexis on HNFor me, it would be cost and alignment. If I own the software, I can choose whatever alignment suits me, or none at all. And ChatGPT is $20/month (assuming you want GPT4, and I…
rootusrootus on HN
SillyTavern with oobabooga or KoboldAI
From 1 comment
I hosted my own AI using SillyTavern + text-generation backend (e.g. oogabooga / KoboldAI), just need the power needed to crank the LLM.
mcbuilder on HN
Zep
From 1 comment
Well, it is a round-up of their venture investments in the space ;-) If you're looking to self-host chat memory rather than go all in on Supabase, there's Zep:…
roseway4 on HN