Replika's models
GPT-2/GPT-3-era companion turned in-house model line. February 2023: erotic roleplay removed overnight — “lobotomy day” — and a userbase grieved a personality change like a death, complete with suicide-hotline pins in the subreddit. The founding case study in human attachment to model versions.
Sources
Official
tk — to collect
Writing & commentary
tk — to collect
Tweets
tk — fleet pass pending; mirror to archive
Official record
tk — release date, specs, benchmarks, checkpoints
History
tk — context of the world at release; events and entanglements
Impressions
tk — day-of and longitudinal vibes to collect