{"id":15893,"date":"2024-09-15T07:37:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T05:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/15\/whats-so-funny-about-getting-an-ai-app-to-give-you-a-roasting\/"},"modified":"2024-09-15T07:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T05:37:47","slug":"whats-so-funny-about-getting-an-ai-app-to-give-you-a-roasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/15\/whats-so-funny-about-getting-an-ai-app-to-give-you-a-roasting\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s so funny about getting an AI app to give you a roasting?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roasting can be really brutal, but at least if we inflict it on ourselves, we can get ahead of the joke<\/p>\n

A friend recently shared a comment someone had made about her online. Sophie was a middle-aged, never-was influencer, in this stranger\u2019s estimation, who exploited her children and alienated everyone she met. As I debated whether \u201cliking\u201d the post would read as support or broad agreement, I noticed a strange watermark. The vicious words had been generated not by a bitter stranger, but an AI roast app. My demented friend had asked for this.<\/p>\n

Who would volunteer to be insulted? A wave of apps such as Roastai.app<\/a>, Roastedby.ai<\/a>, Roastik.com<\/a> and er, Monica.im<\/a> suggest the answer is loads of us. Every day, people upload selfies to the Reddit page r\/RoastMe<\/a>, begging to be taken down a peg or two hundred. \u201cYou look like a series of circles stacked on top of one another,\u201d the users exult. \u201cWhy does your forehead start at the back of your head?\u201d There is a cruel craft to it. One sedentary rapper recently got called \u201cThe Notorious BMI\u201d, while someone else, who I don\u2019t even think had strabismus, was accused of having \u201cmortgage eyes \u2013 one fixed, one variable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nRoasting can be really brutal, but at least if we inflict it on ourselves, we can get ahead of the joke
\nA friend recently shared a comment someone had made about her online. Sophie was a middle-aged, never-was influencer, in this stranger\u2019s estimation, who exploited her children and alienated everyone she met. As I debated whether \u201cliking\u201d the post would read as support or broad agreement, I noticed a strange watermark. The vicious words had been generated not by a bitter stranger, but an AI roast app. My demented friend had asked for this.
\nWho would volunteer to be insulted? A wave of apps such as Roastai.app, Roastedby.ai, Roastik.com and er, Monica.im suggest the answer is loads of us. Every day, people upload selfies to the Reddit page r\/RoastMe, begging to be taken down a peg or two hundred. \u201cYou look like a series of circles stacked on top of one another,\u201d the users exult. \u201cWhy does your forehead start at the back of your head?\u201d There is a cruel craft to it. One sedentary rapper recently got called \u201cThe Notorious BMI\u201d, while someone else, who I don\u2019t even think had strabismus, was accused of having \u201cmortgage eyes \u2013 one fixed, one variable.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roasting can be really brutal, but at least if we inflict it on ourselves, we can get ahead of the joke A friend recently shared a comment someone had made about her online. Sophie was a middle-aged, never-was influencer, in this stranger\u2019s estimation, who exploited her children and alienated everyone she met. As I debated …<\/p>\n

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