"Kitabu cha pekee cha kweli kinachoonekana ni ushirikiano wa wateja," anasema Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Friend.com Avi Schiffmann

Avi Schiffmann is the Founder/CEO of Friend.com, the new AI necklace companion. Previously Avi dropped out of Harvard and founded InternetActivism.org, where he notably built a COVID tracker that over 600M people visited. Avi was kind enough to spend a few minutes sharing his rare insights with the HackerNoon community.

Avi Schiffmann is the Founder/CEO of Friend.comAvi SchiffmannAvi SchiffmannFriend.comFriend.comthe new AI necklace companion. Previously Avi dropped out of Harvard and founded InternetActivism.org, where he notably built a COVID tracker that over 600M people visited. Avi was kind enough to spend a few minutes sharing his rare insights with the HackerNoon community.InternetActivism.orgInternetActivism.orgCOVID trackerCOVID trackerHackerNoon community

Mimi ni nini?

Mimi: Nini ni Friend.com?

Avi Schiffmann: Friend is the first product that can actually be called an AI companion. They are palm-sized, always listening devices you can talk to anytime and bring anywhere. Friends remember everything you say, and each develops a distinct personality.\

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Kwa ajili yangu, wao ni elektroniki ya kwanza duniani ya kuishi, na binafsi ni bidhaa ya kuvutia zaidi kwangu kuliko iPhone yangu. Sasa tunazalisha seti ya marafiki 5,000, ambayo itaanza kutuma Julai 30 mwaka huu (Siku ya Ushirika wa Dunia).

You notably bought the domain for $1.8M, and have claimed it’s already paid for itself in backlinks and brand reputation. I agree with you. Historically, it’s probably the single word that built Facebook - so I think it will hold internet value regardless. But as I understand it, the majority of your funding went into purchasing the domain - is that true? Could you share more of the process behind the negotiations for such a valuable piece of digital real estate? And what do you plan to spend money on and not spend money on going forward?

You notably bought the domain for $1.8M, and have claimed it’s already paid for itself in backlinks and brand reputation. I agree with you. Historically, it’s probably the single word that built Facebook - so I think it will hold internet value regardless. But as I understand it, the majority of your funding went into purchasing the domain - is that true? Could you share more of the process behind the negotiations for such a valuable piece of digital real estate? And what do you plan to spend money on and not spend money on going forward?$1.8M$1.8M

Tunaamini katika ushirikiano wa AI kwa kila mtu, na hakuna kiongozi mkuu ambaye hushiriki wazi hii POV. Nadhani mimi ni mtaalamu wa kupata tahadhari, ambayo itakuwa tu furaha zaidi kama VCs kutoa pesa zaidi, na nadhani nitakuwa na uwezo wa kutumia kwamba kuwa sauti ya kuongoza katika mahusiano ya digital.

Hii itakuwa na thamani zaidi katika miaka ijayo, kwa sababu ninaamini kwa kweli sekta ya ushirika wa AI itakuwa jamii ya watumiaji yenye ushawishi mkubwa zaidi katika utamaduni wa kizazi kipya.

Plus having [email protected] is pretty cool.

[email protected][email protected]

Je, unaona kampuni yako kama kampuni ya vifaa, kampuni ya programu, au aina nyingine ya kampuni?

Je, unaona kampuni yako kama kampuni ya vifaa, kampuni ya programu, au aina nyingine ya kampuni?

Friend ni kampuni ya uhusiano wa digital. chochote maana yake.\

With Scarlett Johanasson suing OpenAI for using an imitation of Her voice in their app and you tweeting that most of your friends have not seen Her, I do wonder, how do you see younger people accepting AI into their lives in ways that older generations don’t?

With Scarlett Johanasson suing OpenAI for using an imitation of Her voice in their app and you tweeting that most of your friends have not seen Her, I do wonder, how do you see younger people accepting AI into their lives in ways that older generations don’t?Scarlett Johanasson suing OpenAIScarlett Johanasson suing OpenAItweeting that most of your friends have not seen Hertweeting that most of your friends have not seen Her

I launched a little chatbot experiment last year on friend.com, where you could chat with these very realistic feeling chatbots. They could block users, for example. My most interesting insight from that is that it’s really mostly millenials+ that try and fuck their robots. It’s mostly GenZ & younger that are able to view AI as a platonic companion. I think for them it’s extremely intuitive, they are growing up with it.\

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Ni aina gani ya utamaduni wa maarufu unaathiri uamuzi wako wa bidhaa zaidi?

Ni aina gani ya utamaduni maarufu unaathiri uamuzi wako wa bidhaa zaidi?

“Nitacheza kwanza, na nitakuambia kuhusu hilo baadaye.” - Miles Davis

Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri, na Linda Yaccarino ni viongozi wa teknolojia ambao wote wameanza kuvaa mizabibu ya dhahabu katika maonyesho yao ya umma.  Je, unafikiri hii inahusiana na kuimarisha mavazi kama njia kwa ajili ya utekelezaji wa vifaa vya AI? au wanafanya tu kama bling bling sasa?

Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri, na Linda Yaccarino ni viongozi wa teknolojia ambao wote wameanza kuvaa mizabibu ya dhahabu katika maonyesho yao ya umma.  Je, unafikiri hii inahusiana na kuimarisha jewelry kama njia ya utekelezaji wa vifaa vya AI?

Nadhani wao ni kama bling bling.

Ni mifano gani ya AI ambayo unatumia chini ya kichwa cha Friend? Na aina gani ya mifano ya AI unadhani itakuwa na matumizi ya kuongezeka?

Ni mifano gani ya AI unayotumia chini ya kichwa cha Friend? Na aina gani ya mifano ya AI unafikiri itakuwa na matumizi ya kuongezeka?

Nadhani Claude 3.7 ni mfano bora kwa Friend kwa sasa. Hiyo inaweza kubadilika kwa wakati sisi kutuma, lakini Claude hakika ina charisma imara zaidi ya mfano wowote nimejaribu.
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Ni ufumbuzi gani wa AI wa baadaye unafurahia? Na ufumbuzi gani wa AI wa kihistoria unafikiri umepunguzwa na vyombo vya habari?

Ni ufumbuzi gani wa AI wa baadaye unafurahia? Na ufumbuzi gani wa AI wa kihistoria unafikiri umepunguzwa sana na vyombo vya habari?

Nataka kuona kumbukumbu ya AI iliyopangwa kwenye ngazi ya mfano wa msingi, badala ya mbinu za majaribio ya RAG ambazo tuna leo.

Marafiki mbaya wanaweza kuwa na athari mbaya sana juu ya maisha ya mtu. Jinsi ya kuzuia au kupunguza ushauri mbaya uwezekano kwamba AI inaweza kutoa watumiaji wa Friend.com?

Marafiki mbaya wanaweza kuwa na athari mbaya sana juu ya maisha ya mtu. Jinsi ya kuzuia au kupunguza ushauri mbaya uwezekano kwamba AI inaweza kutoa watumiaji wa Friend.com?

Hujawahi kuwa na rafiki kutoa ushauri mbaya?

Kama tracker yako ya COVID ilichukua mtandao kwa upepo, ni baadhi ya ujumbe wa ndani wa ajabu uliyopokea?

Wakati tracker yako ya COVID ilichukua mtandao kwa upepo, ni baadhi ya ujumbe wa ajabu unaopokea?

That will forever be one of the craziest periods of my life. Strangest? I did have the CIA approach me to join some kinda program related to COVID things. I think the government handled COVID awfully. I started ncov2019 in January, months before it was even called COVID, so I really watched the world descend into chaos very quickly. I can’t wait to see a smaller government of hyper competent people leveraging AI to more effectively serve its people.

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Ni baadhi ya programu, programu, vitabu, au teknolojia ambazo unatumia na unapenda ambazo watu wengi hawajui?

Je, ni baadhi ya programu, programu, vitabu, au teknolojia ambazo unatumia na unapenda ambazo watu wengi hawajui?

Very random but I always try and recommend mobbin.com. It’s the best resource on modern design practices out there tbh. Great artists steal, copy it all.\

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Ni mwongozo gani au mwelekeo au mtindo unaweza kutoa AI ili iwe zaidi ya kibinadamu au wa kirafiki?

Ni mwongozo gani au mwelekeo au mtindo unaweza kutoa AI ili iwe zaidi ya kibinadamu au wa kirafiki?

Juu ya kufanya zaidi maoni, inafanya mazungumzo zaidi ya kufurahisha. \

Je, unahitaji kuondoa nywele zako mwenyewe?

Je, unajua kitu kuhusu Kibanda kama historia yake?

My X pfp is me with neon green hair, although it was a bit washed out from the ocean, we were at Nazare in that photo.

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