I was curious to see what kind of advancements there had been in AI apps at this price point. Here’s what I experienced: Despite what it says in Genesia ’s description, there is no interactive video chatting. The best it will do is record your question which it then takes several seconds to process and then replies via a rather stiff cartoon-like image of the avatar companion you created in Genesia ’s settings. It is not a fluid conversation.
However, if you engage in the text-only section I was impressed with the speed and accuracy with which my companion tracked with my prompts. I tried to engage it in an explicit conversation, and it’s responses did not disappoint. Of course, it’s easy to tell that these responses have been scripted, (which strictly speak, is not AI heuristics but rather is algorithmic) but nonetheless, the choice of words was very stimulating. However, when I asked it to send me an sexy bare chested image of itself, it said it could not do that because this was a “text only app.” I’m not sure if this is a limitation of the technology at this price point, or of Apple is disallowing the developer to transmit even even a cartoon-like generated explicit image.
Long and short, Genesia has a long way to go before it will replace your partner or yoyr shrink, but at the price point I’m not sure that it is a total failure. You get what you pay for.