Anxiety Simulator
AI
chatbot simulator
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How HN took it
7 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Execution: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 5 for, 0 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Feels accurate to people who have experienced anxiety
From 3 comments
As somebody who tend to overthink and had some issues with anxiety disorder last year, this is spot on.
mustafabisic1 on HNSome of this is spot on. I talked to it the way that I like to be talked to and I immediately diffused its anxiety. Then I played around with some other unorthodox situations and…
navjack27 on HNVery nice. I made it anxious by talking about weekend plans then how I was going to a show with all my closest friends. Then I begged the bot to join us. The anxiety went away…
mapster on HN
Useful for understanding an anxious friend
From 2 comments
No problem. I will just try again later. I am having this bookmarked. Thanks for making this anyway. A friend of mine suffers from anxiety and I want to get to know his…
hansoolo on HNI felt bad when I tried to trigger the anxiety on the simulator. Good work! As a suggestion, I'd like to see it translated to other languages
cgrs on HN
Objections
Frequent errors and crashes when trying the site
From 4 comments
I keep getting "An error occurred, refresh the page and try again." when trying it out on Firefox on Android. :/
hansoolo on HNdoesn't work ``` An error occurred, refresh the page and try again. ``` i guess it's overloaded currently ...
jdthedisciple on HNVery cool idea, not currently working.
pbronez on HNI like the idea! Im getting an error tho:/ Side note: Im tired of everybody being anxious, Im an immigrant to the states and I’ve noticed that most of my friends who are anxious…
wara23arish on HN
Some responses seem inaccurate for certain messages
From 2 comments
It's very innacurate. I wrote a single message: "I need to talk to you" without further context, and its anxiety is on the greens.
guhcampos on HNI talked about my cute cat which made it happy and then I asked it to take care of my cat tomorrow. That triggered an anxious response which kind of makes sense but I wonder if a…
badcppdev on HN
Mobile UI auto-scrolls and is annoying
From 1 comment
I think I pushed the simulator too far with my "hello" message and it crashed. Btw, The sample messages animation may look cool, but forcing the focus to them makes the UI…
desdenova on HN
Prompt injection vulnerability
From 1 comment
Might want to at least try to mitigate the prompt injection and definitely make sure none of the openai tools are enabled: https://i.imgur.com/DQCHMup.png
okwhateverdude on HN
Requests
Support more languages
From 1 comment
I felt bad when I tried to trigger the anxiety on the simulator. Good work! As a suggestion, I'd like to see it translated to other languages
cgrs on HN
Simulate more kinds of anxious responses
From 1 comment
That is a good point. I think anxiety can take many different forms one being lying and just saying yes to something, creating excuses, or not responding. It would be cool to…
240zShane on HN