Wilson - Journal your day by talking to Wilson the Volleyball

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Hi Guys, Wilson🏐 is your buddy, but he can't talk back at all, just like in the movie Cast Away. I've been trying to journal my days in many different spaces. On days when I simply didn't have enough things to write, a big blank white page was a bit daunting for me to fill out. Wilson allowed me to share bite-sized thoughts throughout the day as if I'm talking to a buddy, instead of having to piece together a whole stream of thoughts at once into a long post. This is just a humble, harmless experiment. If enough people like it, I'm thinking of streamlining the chat histories with Wilson into a website that makes it easy for you to read back on your days.
what do you think of Replika's latest release?
Actually Replika and Hugging Face were the reason I wanted something like this. I personally think an AI for emotional support (like friends irl) is even more challenging than industry specific use cases. When responses I get were even remotely random/irrelevant, having to engage & correct responses from the AI friends became a chore for me. Personally, random/irrelevant response < no response. I like Replika's diary section, but haven't tried it extensively since it's one of several features it has. What I love, is their founding story. I respect the team's end goal a lot. It's something worth fighting for.
cool! Check the latest release... It's become much more like Wilson. What are you using on the backend to generate responses?
what's the best way to get in touch with you?
There's no backend, and there's no response. I just protoprototyped it as a Messenger app. I followed you back on Twitter so feel free to DM me!
Might be a in interesting application for Google Home/Assistant. Could store journals for people and use meta tags for topics/moods.
I actually really like that idea. will keep that in mind. This kind of constructive feedbacks/suggestions is why I love this space. :)
This reminds me of Journalbot which I miss greatly. Currently using DayOne but interested to give this a whirl.
Just feels easier to share in bits as if you are txting someone vs starting an essay on a blank white doc