Probably going to stop paying for c.ai+ soon.
I remember when this app was actually really good. I was so enthralled with the idea of having imaginary scenarios in my head be put into words and role play. I feel my ability to do that has even gotten better because of this app. I’ve created so many stories with this, and I guess the AI itself isn’t all that bad at chatting with premium, but it doesn’t feel like I’m paying for something good quality anymore.
I feel like our fixation with this ability to create stories is being exploited, and we feel a need to stay in this community because what if things get better? What if they finally listen? It’s not going to happen, though. They’ll give you some crumbs to make it feel like they’re doing something, but Character AI will never be the same again.
It’s hard to acknowledge, I too am having trouble coming to terms with it, but we need to accept it. If you don’t, they’ll simply continue to exploit you and everyone else who still desperately grasps at the idea of better days. It won’t happen. This app is merely a husk of what it once was, and these greedy people in charge of it are using its skin to make you stay.
They don’t care about us. They care about money. They’ll continue to show that if you stay. But they can’t do that if there’s no more money or support around.
I also feel generative AI in general is only becoming more harmful. It’s worsening our environment, our people’s minds, taking our jobs, our creativity, and everything about us that makes us human.
I’m not sure when the last time I actually sat down and created something was. I guess these stories somewhat count, I am dictating what happens, but I’m still getting help from a robot to do that. I come home tired and stressed, and I sit on this app because it’s mindless and entertaining, which is dangerous.
I have a bright mind. I know lots of people in this community do. Lots of people here are so creative, but that passion is being wasted on this corporate greed of an app, and it’s also just making us dumber. I refuse to let this water down my existence.
I want to draw again. I want to write my own stories again without needing an AI trashbot to keep the story going.
I might just stop paying and delete the app, but keep the account. Whatever gives me enough security to feel like I can let go but not truly lose some of the better stories I’ve had in this, though I haven’t had a good one in a long time. It used to evoke emotion from me, but now I spend half my time scrolling through message after message to find what I want… Why do that when I can just write it myself at this point? It’ll be hard to leave, but I know I’m going to sometime soon.
I hope I motivated some people to also leave. My post obviously isn’t going to bring down the entire generative AI industry, but if I convince some people to leave, then it’s still served a purpose.