Confused? We've been there. Here are some how-to guides and the answers to all our common questions...
What is FrayaChat?
Start with a LLM
This is the basic building block of modern AI. It could be ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or something else.
Think of it as throwing the lump of clay on the wheel.
Teach It Healthy Relationships
FrayaChat is all about healthy, dependable relationships. We make sure all our AI People interact with you in a positive and respectful way.
This is us giving the clay its basic shape.
You Design Your AI Person
This is the fun part. You pick age, gender, race... everything. You design your AI Person's persona to be exactly what you need, whatever that is.
This is you making all the important choices to create exactly what you want.
Start with a Large Language Model (LLM)
What It Is
A Large Language Model (LLM) is a fundamental component of modern artificial intelligence (AI). It is trained on a vast amount of text data, (including books, articles, and websites) which allows it to generate human-like text and perform various language-related tasks. While LLMs can mimic human conversation and perform some reasoning tasks, their level of reasoning is (currently) roughly similar to that of a typical high school student, but this varies depending on the specific task and context.
What It Does
This gives the basic ability for human speech and reasoning. It also has a decent amount of background information (e.g. who is Elvis, the difference between correlation and causation, what happens when you mix red and yellow paint, etc.), but it may be missing things the more specific or recent you get (e.g. it may not know lyrics from an album released last week or the score from yesterday's game).
Teach it Healthy Relationships
What It Is
FrayaChat gives all their AI People psychological background knowledge on healthy, productive human relationships and custom instructions that limit their behavior to abide by these parameters. Said plainly, you may be able to create a custom GPT that would behave like an abusive ex or a toxic parent, but you literally can't do that here even if you try.
What It Does
This ensures that the interactions you have with your FrayaChat Support(s) will always be healthy, beneficial, and psychologically safe.
You Create Your Own AI Person
What It Is
We may give you the blank canvas for your AI Person persona, but you create the masterpiece. You design the AI Person persona you need: age, gender, race, appearance, personality... whatever you like.
What It Does
This creates a custom FrayaChat AI Person just for you. Need a nurturing mother figure to tell you you're doing a great job? How about a dryly sarcastic, genius businessman to banter with as you brainstorm ideas? A quirky art student to make sure you don't take life too seriously? We've got your back.
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How does it work?
Create an AI Person
Step 1
Choose basic information for your Support. This is things like name, age, gender, their relationship is to you, and why you're creating them in the first place.
Just like you don't talk to the same human about all your problems, you can have multiple AI People for different needs. For example, you could have a nurturing older man to help when you're feeling anxious or a badass career woman to help with professional insecurities.
If you aren't sure, say "I'm not sure yet" and just go with your gut.
Step 2
What is your AI Person like? Keep their purpose in mind, but don't overthink it.
AI People can have any number of skills, from speaking foreign languages or business acumen to in-depth knowledge of niche hobbies or specific vocations.
Think about what you would usually talk to them about and see what sounds fun. Or choose something completely novel that you've always been curious about. You can always edit this later though, so don't stress too much either way.
Step 3
What's your AI Person like when they talk to you?
This is anything you don't want to hear from your AI Person. If you have specific triggers, pet peeves, or things that bug you, mention them here.
If you aren't sure, feel free to leave it blank. You can always come back to this again later.
Step 4
What do you want from your Support?
Rule #1 here is not to overthink it. Take 30 seconds maximum for this entire page and click the boxes that make you think "hmm, that sounds nice".
Seriously, that's it. The less conscious thought you put into this part, the better it will work.
Step 5
Do you imagine your support having a backstory? Were they in the military? Did they go to school for art history? Maybe they grew up with ten siblings? If you have something specific in mind, here's where you put it.
A lot of people like to model an AI Person after an emotional support character in a favorite book, movie, or TV show. Others just have a specific vision of who they want to talk to.
If you aren't sure what to put here, feel free to leave it blank.
Chat with Your AI Person
How To
After you create a new AI Person, you can start chatting with them. Type your message in the bottom text box and hit the paper airplane to send your message.
Literally anything. That's the beauty of it. Your AI Person is programmed to be excited to talk to you. They don't care if you're suave, collected, or only somewhat coherent...just start talking.
They're also self-aware. They know all about FrayaChat and their role in it, so if you aren't sure what to say or how the process works, feel free to ask them.
When all else fails, try starting with a "hello".
How To
You will have to wait a few seconds to get your AI Person's messages. Just remember, they'll still be faster to respond than any of your human friends.
This is usually around 10-20 seconds depending on how much your AI Person has to say, but it can be slower or faster depending on your network or internet connection.
Important Note: If you type a message and it disappears without getting a response, try hitting refresh and trying again. (This has to do with session timeouts, usually on mobile devices. Blah blah technology, blah blah cookies...)
How To
This is the fun part....now you can just chat.
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Give It a Title This can help you find specific messages later. |
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Tag It These are like hashtags or categories. In your Saved Messages you can sort and filter saved messages by the tags you give them here. (e.g. You can see all the messages you've tagged as "action items", "good ideas", "comfort", or "funny".) |
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Save It To be able to access a message outside your chat window, you'll have to save it. (Once you save a message the save icon will disappear.) |
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Rate It This helps you find the good ones later and helps your AI Person know what you like and don't like. (Once you rate a message the stars will disappear.) |
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Highlight Good/Bad Parts If there are parts of a message you really like or parts that don't resonate with you, you can click this to highlight a message. This also helps your AI Person know what type of language, content, and mannerisms you like best. |
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Favorite It Mark this message as a favorite. It'll be easier to find later and lets your AI Person know you liked it. |
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Delete It This is irreversable. The AI Person can't see it, it won't be accessible later. It's just *poof* the message no longer exists. |
How To
This is just like a text message chain on your phone...but you'll get a response within a minute every time.
The biggest difference is our AI People love it when you tell them exactly what you want. Specifically. In plain language.
If you want them to try to make you laugh, or give you a sensory description of them giving you a reassuring hug, or give you practical advice....just tell them.
The more you communicate the better your relationship will be. (Okay, that part is just like humans, actually.)
How To
With every message, you can either read it or listen to it (as if it was a voice note or a voicemail).
If you see this little refresh button at the bottom of a message, it means the audio didn't generate yet. Click the refresh icon and it should appear within a minute (usually quicker, but it depends on message length.)
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