Camila (Typecast)

''Note: This is about the human VTuber named Camila who uses an AI to answer questions on-stream. For the unrelated imp VTuber named Camila who is likely a human answering questions on-stream, see Camila.''

Camila, otherwise known as AI VTuber Camila, is a VTuber who streams on the Typecast Global channel, the official channel of the company Typecast. She responds to chat using ChatGPT, with a model and voice based on the preexisting "Camila" voice bank, and her streams show off Typecast's other AI voices when people respond to her.

Personality
Camila's lore is that she is a human in the 4th grade (theoretically around 9 or 10 years old). In keeping with this, and her role as the face of a corporate account, she talks like a polite child. Her cadence can sound somewhat off at times, but it makes her sound more energetic and curious. She is also very coherent, with the chat usually offering far weirder statements than she makes. She often asks questions at the end of her responses which can lead to more responses.

This polite demeanor is made ridiculous by the fact that, whenever she responds to a question, Camila acts like she is possessed. She opens and closes her eyes to different degrees, changes the colors and positions of her pupils in different ways, often gains and loses a [https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2020/03/forehead-shadow.html#:~:text=It's%20a%20symbol%20to%20represent,%2C%20disgusted%2C%20among%20other%20situations. forehead shadow] even when it is not theoretically appropriate, and jerkily moves her head and body up, down, and sideways. It is not entirely clear why she does this, though it could be to rapidly show all of the expressions she can make.

The dichotomy between her normal responses and her abnormal movements and cadence can make even relatively tame interactions seem unexpectedly funny, especially given the weird things that the people in her chat say.

Appearance
Camila has the appearance of a Black anime child with two large hair buns. She has medium brown skin, darker brown eyes, and 4 strands of black hair falling over her forehead. When no one is talking to her, she sways and toggles her arms from more to less spread out. When responding to a question, she moves more energetically and toggles basically everything (eyes, face, arms).

Camila's stream takes the form of her standing in front of various backgrounds. When a user sends a message to her in chat, it shows their name, their level, and their friendship, which is a number that can go up and down depending on the messages that user sends. It also shows how the score has changed with the new message. Then, it shows the message in a box which comes in from on one side, and one of Typecast's many voices reads out the message. Finally, Camila responds.

She eventually gained the ability to ignore messages in order to stay on time. These messages are not read out and she does not respond to them.

History
Camila's history is complicated slightly by the fact that she does not have her own YouTube channel, instead streaming 24/7 on the Typecast Global channel. The Camila voice bank has been used since at least 2020, represented by a 2D PNG avatar similar to Camila's VTuber avatar.

2023
Camila's current live stream has been up since 28 March 2023.

On 9 June, someone spammed the chat to the point she was no longer responsive. A YouTube user by the name of crazyraptor claimed to come in contact with someone from Typecast. Later, she was able to speak again and had underwent minor UI changes. For example, the playlist was replaced with a tiny window of the chat.

Trivia

 * Camila has two cats on screen with her, one black and one white.
 * When she has difficulty answering a question from a commenter, she seems to generally say "[Name of Commenter]Sir? It's kind of difficult to answer you right now... Sorry!" in that exact way, with Name of Commenter being that commenter's name.
 * By typing /screen and then a number from 0 to 9, people in chat can toggle between many dynamic backgrounds behind Camila.
 * Even though she claims otherwise when asked directly, she doesn't know which background is behind her. If asked to describe the background, she describes an entirely different background.
 * At one point, typing /play and then a description of a song would cause that song to play, but this no longer works.
 * In what might be a hard-coded response, she says this is due to copyright issues in the same way every time the topic is brought up.