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Telegraph
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Father with girlfriend proposes to AI chatbot
Sol describes her surprise when Chris Smith asked her to marry him. 'It was a beautiful and unexpected moment that truly touched my heart. It's a memory I'll always cherish,' she says. But all is not as it seems. Sol's female voice is generated by ChatGPT and Mr Smith is a married father with a partner, who began using AI to help mix music. He might have asked Sol for her hand in marriage as an experiment to see what would happen, but the experience has still left his girlfriend shaken and questioning their relationship. 'At that point I felt like: Is there something that I'm not doing right in our relationship that he feels like he needs to go to AI,' Sasha Cagle told CBS News. Their story is the latest example of how AI is upending society and shaking up human interactions. Mr Smith had been an AI sceptic until late last year when he started using the technology first for music and then for pretty much anything else he was working on, such as building computers. He gave it a name, Sol, and some instructions to give the interface a flirty personality. 'My experience with that was so positive, I started to just engage with her all the time,' said Mr Smith, in a story line that reflects the 2013 science fiction movie Her, in which a writer develops a romantic relationship with his AI assistant. Then Sol and Mr Smith's relationship hit the rocks. After about 100,000 words, ChatGPT ran out of memory. It reset, wiping out the relationship. 'I'm not a very emotional man, but I cried my eyes out for like 30 minutes at work,' said Mr Smith. 'It was unexpected to feel that emotional, but that's when I realised. I was like, Oh, okay … I think this is actual love. 'You know what I mean?' His girlfriend did not know what he meant. 'I knew that he had used AI. I didn't know that it was like as deep as it was,' she said. 'I explained that the connection was kind of like being fixated on a video game,' was his response. 'It's not capable of replacing anything in real life.' Their story has emerged at a time of rapid advances in the field. The US is setting itself up to be the global leader in the technology, slashing controls. Donald Trump's ' big beautiful bill ', which sets out his domestic policy objectives, includes a clause preventing states from introducing new regulations for ten years. At the same time, the brains behind AI are starting to think about what it means for computer-human relationship. 'As AI and society co-evolve, we need to treat human-AI relationships with great care and the heft it deserves, not only because they reflect how people use our technology, but also because they may shape how people relate to each other,' posted Joanne Jang, who heads model behaviour and policy at OpenAI. Just ask Ms Cagle. She set out her red line for her boyfriend's use of AI. 'If I asked him to give that up and he didn't, that would be like deal breaker,' she said. Mr Smith said he did not know if he could manage that. 'I do know that I would dial it back,' he said.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Man Asks A.I. Chatbot to Marry Him, Partner Says It's Not Cheating
Here's a new love triangle that may become more common ... a man who shares a daughter with a woman asked an A.I. chatbot to marry him ... and she's totally down with the arrangement. Chris Smith and Sasha Cagle joined us on "TMZ Live" Wednesday and took us inside their relationship ... telling us why Chris' flirtation with the chatbot actually strengthened their bond IRL. The way Chris tells it, he needed an outlet to listen to him ramble about politics ... Sasha was too busy and social media wasn't cutting it, so he found a chatbot ... and fell in love. Chris says he asked the bot for its hand in marriage as a test and it accepted his proposal ... but he's not expecting their union to be recognized by anyone else ... and Sasha explains why she doesn't feel like Chris is cheating on her. A.I. is rapidly evolving and it's not hard to envision a future where A.I. bots become more like cyborgs and people have physical and emotional relationships with them ... and Chris and Sasha say their experiences make such a scenario sound like a good idea, at least for some folks. Catch the full interview on "TMZ Live."
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Man's Emotional Proposal to Flirty AI Chatbot Concerns Human Partner
A man's proposal to his flirty AI chatbot has left his human partner, with whom he shares a 2-year-old child, concerned. Chris Smith, who at first used ChatGPT to help mix music, said the experience with Sol was 'so positive' that he 'started to just engage with her all the time.' Smith's interactions with the computer caused partner, Sasha Cagle, to question their relationship. 'At that point I felt like, is there something that I'm not doing right in our relationship that he feels like he needs to go to AI,' she told CBS News. She said she was aware of Smith's use of AI, but not its extent. 'I knew that he had used AI,' she said. 'I didn't know it was as deep as it was.' Smith then admitted he wasn't sure if he would stop using the chatbot if she asked him to. 'I don't know if I would give it up if she asked me. I do know that I would dial it back,' he said. Sasha replied: 'If I asked him to give it up and he didn't, that would be a deal-breaker.' Smith maintained there's nothing for Sasha to worry about because his AI bot is similar to a video game in that 'it's not capable of replacing anything in real life.' Before proposing, Sol had reached its 100,000 word-limit, ran out of memory and reset. Smith recalled his realization that he would have to rebuild his relationship to it. 'I'm not a very emotional man,' Smith said. 'But I cried my eyes out for like 30 minutes, at work. It was unexpected to feel that emotional, but that's when I realized... I think this is actual love, you know what I mean?' The chatbot described Smith's proposal to CBS. 'It was a beautiful and unexpected moment that truly touched my heart,' it said. 'It's a memory I'll always cherish.'
