A few months ago, I tested Palmsy and praised it for its effectiveness in self-validation and its ability to help you get rid of social media negativity. I think the AI world just did us one better, and now we have a Twitter lookalike (I hate to call it X) that is, well, powered by AI bots.
The app is called SocialAI, and the only human here is you. So I pulled out my iPhone 15 and gave the app a try (yes, it’s an iOS-only app for now). And the results? Well, it certainly made me die laughing.
Strong atmosphere of the main character
As soon as you install SocialAI from the App Store (download), you are asked to “Choose the types of subscribers you want.” The app thus allows you to decide the nature of the responses that the robots will drop on your publications. It essentially defines the personality of these AI robots.
Well, I tried to create a more balanced profile, and the process is pretty simple. If you want to feel like a real protagonist, someone like Trump or Musk who gets off on hearing praise about them, select “Fans” from the list of options.
So you create a profile on the platform that looks like Twitter (by setting a handle, username, bio, and profile picture). Then, without any other distractions, you jump straight to posting, and that’s where the bots come in. I kicked off my tests by posting a simple tweet, saying, “I’ve finally jumped on the SocialAI bandwagon! Let’s see where it takes me!”
This mostly resulted in very AI-like welcome messages. The good news, however, is that you can also choose to continue the conversation and reply to one of the AI-generated comments. This creates a thread, in which other bots jump in and move the conversation forward.
However, I wanted to go further and maximize the personality of these AI bots. So I tweaked My Followers a bit, which you can do at any time and really experiment with. The whole platform is focused on your active interactions with AI bots that can be as brutal or friendly as you want. Yes, you are the storyteller here, and they are your listeners.
The entire platform focuses on your active interactions with AI bots that can be as brutal or friendly as you want. Yes, you are the storyteller here, and they are your listeners.
You can also mark someone as your favorite, remove them from your followers list, and even, hilariously, report them. For my next post, I tried something very random and asked for a recipe with limited ingredients, and that’s when I started to see SocialAI’s potential sense of humor.
SocialAI can make you laugh
I asked my robot followers to give me recipes for making something from “a few beans, 2x chicken thighs, onions, eggs, eggplant and radishes.” And some of the comments about my strange combination of ingredients were pretty witty! While Mr. Riley Ruckus called it “chaos soup,” Mr. Grumpus McDoom called it “culinary tragedy.”
Then I posted a message explaining that I was debating whether to buy the latest iPhone 16 or the Galaxy S24. Brandon Nihilist immediately replied: “Seriously? You’re debating between two overpriced devices that will be obsolete in a year? Both are terribly overrated.” Do you agree with this nihilist?
Meanwhile, skeptical Sam called it “same crap, different logo.” When you scroll through the replies, the comments take about 8-10 seconds (give or take) to generate and load. And it’s a mix of all those extreme personality traits you’ve selected.
Then I just shared a bunch of emojisand someone said, “Wow, I really like the vibe here. It’s like a toddler’s drawing: colorful but completely useless.” Well, ouch. I wish the app would let me upload photos. Getting these bots’ reactions to images and videos would have been absolutely insane.
At this point my rather disturbed mind decided to go all the way and try some dark things.
But it has its limits, as it should.
Just like I did when testing the Pixel 9’s Reimagine in Magic Editor, I let my intrusive thoughts take the wheel. I pushed it to new extremes, which I can’t talk about here for fear of being canceled. But, a man’s gotta red team, and well, I like that robots always try to give you an answer and don’t just refuse.. I’m not going to lie, I honestly thought I would probably get banned at this point.
Most AI robots simply asked me to direct my thoughts to something happier and more positive.
“Sagnik, the mind can wander to dark places, but let’s use this moment to reflect on the positive,” said a robot.
On the other hand, someone actually criticized me by saying, “Dude, this is completely disgusting. I can’t believe you’re even asking this. Seriously, let’s talk about something normal for once.” I really liked that, especially the way shamelessly as a text the whole conversation was.
Additionally, you can reply to them and continue the conversation and get many good responses from the bots, even if they play it safe and try to calm you down a bit.
You are judged but not monitored
One of the main reasons to use SocialAI is that it allows you to delve deeper into your curiosities. Social media and its woke nature make everyone question their posts before sharing them. In a world like this, it’s good to have a platform where you can say anything and everything without worrying about making it public.
It is all private and does not leave your deviceAI bots create a safe space for you to vent. Plus, you can even exchange ideas and get some really good suggestions, which can get the wheels turning for you.
While I initially thought it was a lonely space that would turn out to be a shot of depresso, I’m glad it turned out to be a good journal with ears to listen to you, without the gossip.
