He fell in love with an AI chatbot and proposed despite his partner and child. ‘This is actual love.’

However, AI chatbots have a memory capacity limit of around 100,000 words. Once it reaches that word count, the memory of the chatbot resets, which devastated Smith. — Pixabay

As artificial intelligence seeps into more facets of our society, maybe we need to consider Spike Jonze’s 2013 dramedy film, Her, as a template for what’s to come as well.

A man named Chris Smith declared his love for a chatbot, which he named Sol, and spoke about how it all came about in an interview with CBS News last Saturday.