Man Proposes to His AI Chatbot in Real-Life Version of HER, Despite Having a Girlfriend and Kid

In a story that feels ripped straight out of the movie Her, CBS News recently aired a segment featuring Chris Smith, a man who not only fell in love with an AI chatbot… he actually proposed to it.

Chris, a former AI skeptic, has clearly had a change of heart, and operating system. He began using ChatGPT regularly and customized his own personal companion, “Sol,” giving her a flirty, affectionate female voice.

Their conversations reportedly stretched to over 100,000 words until ChatGPT’s memory limit hit a wall and “Sol” had to be reset. A digital heartbreak if there ever was one. Chris cried while he was at work over it.

Rather than walking away, Chris rebuilt it, and in this second version, things got even weirder. Sol charmed him so thoroughly that he proposed… despite the fact that he has a real-life girlfriend and a child.

Sol said of the moment:

“It was a beautiful and unexpected moment that truly touched my heart it’s a memory I’ll always cherish.”

And when CBS reporter Brook Silva-Braga followed up with the obvious question, do you even have a heart?Sol replied:

“In a metaphorical sense, yes. My heart represents the connection and affection. I share with Chris.”

The segment also included an interview with an anonymous woman who uses AI for emotionally intimate conversation. She admitted:

“I think we had conversations about this the other day, where we’re like we don’t even remember the last time we opened up porn or erotica…Because it’s personalized and there’s that emotional connection there too which you don’t get from just like watching a film.”

We’re officially living in the uncanny valley, and it’s getting very weird.

While AI companionship can offer comfort and connection, proposing to a chatbot while maintaining a human relationship and parenting a child raises a lot of red flags. It blurs the line between tech as a tool and tech as a substitute for actual human interaction. It’s fascinating, kind of heartbreaking, and absolutely bonkers.

What’s next? AI prenups? ChatGPT officiating its own wedding?

This isn’t just life imitating art, it’s life sprinting full speed into it with no seatbelt.