Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion | Lex Fridman Podcast #121
Lex Fridman
Eugenia Kuyda, co-founder of Replica, founded her company following a personal tragedy in late 2015 when she lost her close friend and mentor, Roman Mazurenki, to a hit-and-run accident at age 34. Initially created as a way for Eugenia to grieve by training an AI on their text messages, the project …