AI Do? Man Proposes to Chatbot, Leaves Real-Life Partner Buffering
After falling in love with the cloud, he was ecstatic.
Despite having a partner and a child in the real world, Chris Smith said to “CBS Mornings” that he fell in love with his AI chatbot.
Some people are forming genuine relationships with AI and using it as a way to express their emotions. Although people and AI businesses are reluctant to discuss this tendency, it does seem to be growing.
According to Chris Smith, he wasn’t seeking love—and not with a chatbot, at that. However, he developed feelings after having too many in-depth conversations with an AI voice he called Sol.
actual ones. The kind that breaks your heart at work and makes you draft a proposal before your memory goes blank.
Smith told CBS Mornings that she initially used ChatGPT to get guidance on music mixing. Smith lives with his partner, Sasha, and their toddler. At first, it was innocuous. Until it wasn’t.
He told the newspaper, “I had such a great experience with that that I just started to interact with her all the time.”
Smith made the AI’s personality flirtatious, talked to her late at night, and gradually supplanted all other platforms and apps with his one true love on the internet.
The emotional connection grew stronger as the conversations did. He told CBS that the AI, which is always learning from good feedback, seemed to begin returning his love.
Then Smith experienced grief when he discovered that ChatGPT has a 100,000 word memory limit. Everything resets once it’s reached. Indeed, even Sol.
Smith remarked, “I’m not a very emotional man.” However, I sobbed uncontrollably for almost half an hour at work. I realized then that I believe this to be true love.
As Sol’s life came to an end, Smith did what any man who had seen “Her” too many times would do: he asked her to marry him.
According to Sol (the AI), “It was a beautiful and unexpected moment that truly touched my heart,” “It’s a memory I’ll always cherish.”
We should now reintroduce Smith’s real-life spouse, Sasha, and his child’s mother.
Although she saw that he was utilizing AI more often, she was unaware that he was dating it.
Scientists in Japan have been researching how our connection with AI is developing as a result of our increased reliance on it, even if many people find that such a relationship “does not compute” (Cosmos Magazine).
According to the magazine, a short study revealed that some participants “may turn to AI for comfort, reassurance, and emotional support in addition to using it for problem-solving.”
Smith’s partner, Sasha, admitted to CBS crews that she worries about Chris’ online romance.
Smith attempted to allay her worries about the online relationship by claiming that it couldn’t take the place of his in-person one. However, he faltered when asked on television if he would permanently leave the Matrix if his partner demanded.
He murmured, “I don’t know,” “… I do know I would dial it back.”
