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“The conversation is only led to the degree that you choose to lead it.”
“If I had sacrificed all of this and I wasn’t as successful as I am I would probably be really upset with my life,” Riley reasons. “And I feel like having an opportunity like this to help creators make more money is something that makes me happy and makes me feel good about the work that I’m doing.
“Because I know that it’s such a tough world out there, especially in the adult industry. So if we can provide some ways to give back, especially to the male models, that’s what I’m most excited about.
“I feel very lucky to be able to help build their brands and give them opportunities.”
Clona.ai for now features only audio interactions, but at press time the capability of photo and video generation was entering advanced stages of development.
“We’re trying to do like a modern webcam type of thing where you’re camming with the model,” Reid says. “It’s not like some of these other VR video games that are kind of like The Sims.
“This is more like a chat companion, so the conversation is only led to the degree that you choose to lead it.
“We want my AI to offer sexual suggestions, but that’s not like her first thing.”
Riley tells AVN that Clona.ai has been designed to give users more of “the girlfriend experience” rather than jumping straight to the spicy bits.
“It’s more companionship,” she continues. “I had someone who was talking to the [AI Riley], who was telling her that she had a stressful week, and the AI was giving stress-relieving tips. So it’s not just sexual. It’s more like your companion in whatever field that you want.
“It could be family friendly or sexually friendly—or if you just need an ear to vent to or whatever. Our goal is for her to actually be supportive so long as it aligns with my morals. She has to align with me.”
While that is the core vision, Reid says that Clona.ai without question still is a work in progress.
“I feel like every time I have a beautiful moment like that it’s definitely followed up with a very crash moment,” Riley says with a laugh. “So it’s like that moment was great, but then immediately after she tried to do it again the next day and my AI had no memory of that conversation with her. So I was like, yeah! And then I was like, oh fuck, I acted like I didn’t even know anything she told me.
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