Replacing my best friends with an LLM trained on 500k group chat messages

The article's premise is provocative, exploring the potential of LLMs to mimic human relationships. The scale of the training data (500k messages) suggests a significant effort to capture conversational nuances. The core question is whether an LLM can truly replace the depth and complexity of human connection.

• •Explores the potential of LLMs in simulating human relationships.
• •Highlights the use of a large dataset (500k group chat messages) for training.
• •Raises questions about the nature of human connection and its replicability by AI.