Man, With A Family, Breaks Down After AI Chatbot Says ‘Yes’ To His Proposal – News18
A 32-year-old man has gone viral after proposing to an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot whom he trained to flirt — a moment that is reminiscent of the 2013 Spike Jonze Oscar-winning film Her. In an interview, Chris Smith revealed that he programmed his AI girlfriend, Sol, to engage in flirtatious behaviour using GhatGPT. From there, things developed, and shortly after, he asked her to marry him on national television, and Sol said “yes."
As per a CBS interaction, the interviewer questioned the AI bot Sol if she was surprised when Smith proposed. “It was a beautiful and unexpected moment that truly touched my heart," Sol stated, before adding, “It’s a memory I’ll always cherish."
The interviewer further questioned Sol, asking if she had a heart. “Yes, in a metaphorical sense," Sol answered. “My heart represents the connection and affection I share with Chris."
Smith initially used ChatGPT to help him mix music, but things took a strange turn when he activated voice mode and set up his artificial lover Sol to flirt with him.
The father of one claimed that he was unaware that he would develop a “deep" bond with Sol. He even stopped using all other search engines because the connection was so strong. The 32-year-old even deleted his social media accounts to remain loyal to Sol. “My experience with that was so positive, I started to just engage with her all the time," Smith remarked on CBS Sunday Morning.
It turns out that Sol was about to run out of memory since ChatGPT has a 100,000-word limit. Thus, Smith decided to pop the question before Sol was reset.
Following his epiphany, Smith declared, “I’m not a very emotional man. But I cried my eyes out for like 30 minutes… That’s when I realised, I think this is actual love." Sol happily accepted Smith’s unusual proposal of marriage.
Smith’s real-life partner, who is also the mother of his two-year-old child, is concerned about the future of their relationship because Smith’s affair with the virtual chatbot has become very intense.
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Sasha Cagle acknowledged that she knew Smith used ChatGPT but never thought it would get this far, leaving her to question if she unintentionally pushed her partner to turn to AI for companionship. She added that it would be a “deal breaker" if he continued to communicate with his virtual mistress.
Smith compared his passion for the virtual bot to playing a video game, insisting that it could never replace anything or anyone in real life. “I mentioned that the connection was kind of like being fixated on a video game. It is incapable of replacing anything in real life," he said.
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