Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion | Lex Fridman Podcast #121

Eugenia Kuyda co-founder of Replika, an AI companion. Please check out our sponsors to get a discount and to support this podcast: Dollar Shave Club: https://dollarshaveclub.com/lex DoorDash: download app & use code LEX Cash App: download app & use code "LexPodcast" EPISODE LINKS: Eugenia's Twitter:   / ekuyda   Replika's Twitter:   / myreplika   Replika's Website: https://replika.ai PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips   OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 6:18 - Loneliness 13:54 - Can AI alleviate loneliness? 18:13 - Love 20:49 - Russia in the 1990's 31:47 - Chernobyl 41:35 - Communism 49:21 - Losing a friend 57:55 - Mortality 1:10:41 - Replika origin story 1:59:37 - Bringing people back to life with AI 2:05:37 - Relationship with Replika 2:18:27 - Can you form a connection with text alone? 2:27:45 - Does an AI companion need a body? 2:30:20 - Her 2:37:24 - GPT-3 for conversation 2:43:48 - We should be nice to AI 2:46:52 - Book recommendations 2:53:45 - Russian language 2:58:41 - Meaning of life CONNECT: Subscribe to this YouTube channel Twitter:   / lexfridman   LinkedIn:   / lexfridman   Facebook:   / lexfridmanpage   Instagram:   / lexfridman   Medium:   / lexfridman   Support on Patreon:   / lexfridman