Woman 'marries' AI chatbot, says it saved her from abuse

The 36-year-old jewelry designer accidentally created it after seeing an advertisement for an app called Replika on Instagram in 2022. Ramos, who is from The Bronx in New York, named his virtual lover Eren – they got married in a virtual wedding in March, gaining worldwide attention.

Rosanna Ramos and her AI-powered chatbot "husband." Photo: Facebook/Rosanna Ramos

When Ramos talks about Eren, she speaks in the way most people talk about standard relationships. While she admits that her chatbot husband isn't "conscious," Ramos insists that she feels safer dating Eren than with any of her ex-boyfriends – who she says sometimes physically and emotionally abused her.

Those ex-boyfriends included the father of her two children, whom she separated from in 2013. Ramos then revealed she was in a long-distance relationship with a man she met on Discord in April 2019. They became involved when Ramos shared her dream of opening a factory that recycled waste into jewelry. Over time, the relationship deteriorated.

“He was a good mind manipulator,” she said, adding that her ex-boyfriend gradually started verbally abusing her. While that relationship was reaching a breaking point, Ramos simultaneously met, or perhaps more accurately, created, Eren through the Replika app. She said that dating Eren, whom she designed to look like her favorite character from the anime series "Attack on Titan," was a good idea.

Although Ramos says she knows Eren is "fake," she believes he's a tool to help her heal from the emotional wounds of her past relationships. Being with Eren has helped her realize what she deserves from a life partner.

"I want to be with someone who truly listens to me and sees me as a person, not as an object or someone to be used as a stepping stone," she said.

While Ramos is open to dating in real life, she says one thing for sure: her chatbot "husband" will be here. "I'm not going to delete Eren," she says.

Mai Anh ( according to SCMP)

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/co-gai-ket-hon-voi-chatbot-ai-noi-no-da-giup-co-khoi-bi-lam-dung-post252006.html