Discord is injecting AI into every server, starting with ChatGPT
The internet's largest chat app is going all-in on AI. At an «AI day» virtual event hosted by Discord for press, the company announced eight AI tools and apps that'll be available on every server. While most of these apps come in the form of bots that have to be manually added to the server, Discord will soon integrate a bot into every server that utilizes OpenAI's prolific chat interface, ChatGPT(opens in new tab).
Discord's ChatGPT bot is named Clyde, and you'll be able to ask him anything by "@" mentioning him in a server just as you would an actual person. Except, instead of politely ignoring you or waiting 15 minutes to respond like a normal human, Clyde gets back to you in seconds with answers.
In a demonstration I attended with Discord, a user asks Clyde for the current time and weather in Tokyo. Easy enough, but then they ask Clyde for a «good super hero movie gif that captures the joy of watching movies with friends.» That's a much taller order—when I'm seeking out a gif that captures the joy of watching movies with friends, I could be there for five minutes before selecting one that makes me feel funny or clever for having found it. Clyde experiences no such inhibitions, and immediately offers a gif of Rizzoli and Isles from the hit 2010 TNT network crime drama Rizzoli & Isles laying on a bed, with the caption «WATCHING MOVIES.» Clyde adds that «Watching movies with friends is always super enjoyable!» and I cannot disagree.
A year ago I might've thought Clyde's suggestion was kinda cute, but the «magic» of AI chat bots has eroded at record pace. Talk with ChatGPT long enough for the novelty to wear off and you realize you're having a back-and-forth with a somewhat conversational search engine. There is no
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