SimSimi is an
artificial intelligence
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conversation program created in 2002 by ISMaker.
It grows its artificial intelligence day by day assisted by a feature that allows users to teach it to respond correctly. SimSimi, pronounced as "shim-shimi", is from a Korean word ''simsim'' (심심) which means "bored". It has an
application
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Mathematics and computing
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designed for
Android,
Windows Phone
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and
iOS
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.
The application was banned in
Thailand
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in 2012 after users taught it to make responses containing
profanity
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, and to criticise leading politicians. In April 2018, SimSimi was suspended in Brazil due to accusations of sending inappropriate messages, such as sexual content, bullying practices and even death threats, being labeled as "dangerous" mainly due to its popularity among children, and according to its developer, the suspension of the app in the country "was inevitable because the SimSimi app, at least in the last few days, had a significant negative social impact in Brazil”
See also
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Bondee
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Boyfriend Maker
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Character.ai
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Chatterbot
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Cleverbot
Cleverbot is a chatterbot web application that uses machine learning techniques to have conversations with humans. It was created by British AI scientist Rollo Carpenter. It was preceded by Jabberwacky, a chatbot project that began in 1988 and ...
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Jabberwacky
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Replika
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