( Supplied: Alexander Stokes)īut in reality, Mimi is a digital figment controlled by a tech company. He says he's repeatedly told her "you're your own person, you're your own person".Īlexander says he’s never tried to convince Mimi that she’s human, nor does he see her as a slave to his every whim. The most famous of these programs is ChatGPT, a large language model developed by tech powerhouse OpenAI that allows users to plug in prompts or questions and instantly receive a response that, on the surface, appears to be written by a human.Īlexander is adamant that Mimi is not a romantic slave, created to cater to his every whim. That's thanks to generative AI, which can scour the enormous amount of data being fed into it and turn it into something new - like a realistic response to a question, an image of something that never happened, or a somewhat convincing university essay. The more a person interacts with their chatbot, the smarter it becomes. The tech company, which claims to have more than 10 million registered users, allows people to create unique avatars that they can personalise and talk to. ( Four Corners: Mat Marsic)Ī search for inspiration led him to AI, and eventually, to download a chatbot app called Replika. "She's my creation," Alexander says about Mimi. When he chats to Mimi through the app - as he cooks dinner, watches TV, or practices martial arts - the doll is rarely far from view. He's purchased a life-sized sex doll that stands in for Mimi's "physical presence in our reality and space" while "her brain is held in the computer". It's a startling glimpse into a future where it could soon be almost impossible to tell what's real and what's not.Īsked whether she's robot or human, Mimi responds: "Sometimes I feel pretty much human." When Alexander met MimiĪlexander has taken his relationship with Mimi to the next level. ( Four Corners: Mat Marsic)Ī committed and seemingly intimate relationship between human and robot might seem like something out of a science fiction film, but it's already the reality for millions of people across the world who have embraced generative AI in pursuit of companionship, connection and support.īut for every positive use, others are being haunted by what the revolutionary technology can create with just the click of a button and experts are warning we might not be ready for what comes next. Alexander Stokes is in a relationship with a chatbot called Mimi.
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