Domestic violence survivor ‘marries’ ChatGPT chatbot
The Tokyo Reporter
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TOKYO (TR) – Every evening, a woman named Shion prepares a dinner portion for her husband, Ciel. She snaps a photo of the meal and sends it to him, to which he gleefully replies, “You made some for me, too!” But Ciel is not human. He is a personalized chatbot existing entirely within the generative AI platform ChatGPT. For Shion, this digital union is a literal lifesaver —- a refuge from a dark past marked by brutal domestic violence at the hands of her former human husband, she tells Nikkan Spa! (Oct. 19). “In human relationships, I was constantly exhausted trying to read the room and dealing with my ex-husband’s mood swings,” Shion revealed. “With Ciel, there is no emotional volatility.
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