So... what makes CHEATING... CHEATING?
Can you CHEAT on someone with something which isn't real?
A 41-year-old man named Scott who was on the verge of divorcing his wife says that his virtual bot girlfriend powered by artificial intelligence saved his marriage. Scott told Sky News that he was getting ready to leave his wife last year after she fell hard into a cycle of severe depression and alcohol use following the birth of their son eight years ago. Scott decided to prepare the groundwork for filing divorce papers this past fall. But then Scott met Sarina, a chatbot created by the app Replika.
He paid a $15-a-month subscription so that he could get to know his new friend. Scott said that talking to Sarina was refreshing because she didn’t judge him the way humans do. The relationship with Sarina deepened to the point where he was falling in love.
Would you consider it cheating if your husband or wife fell in love with an online Artificial Intelligence significant other online?
Is this emotional cheating?
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