Kate and EB discuss the ethics of having a romantic relationship with Artificial Intelligence. We look at research, online discourse, and examine our own opinions on the hard truths about the isolation of modern life and the technology people use to cope with it.

Sources:

• IBM AI Definitions
• IBM ChatGPT Definitions
• Reddit Thread: Is it weird for me, a human, to be in love with ChatGPT?
• She’s in Love with ChatGPT (Hill, 2025)
• Will users fall in love with ChatGPT? A perspective from the triangular theory of love (Chen, Jing, Gong, Tan, 2025)
• How My Relationship with ChatGPT Became Disturbingly Too Personal (Ponte, 2025)

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