Over the years — usually courtesy of bizarre Channel 4 documentaries — I’ve heard about people falling in love with all sorts of weird and wonderful things.

Some of these eccentric folks have found themselves bewitched by living, breathing creatures, including dolphins, snakes, dogs and horses. As if that’s not strange enough, others are sweet on inanimate objects like chandeliers, rollercoasters, duvets and pizzas (although, we’ve all been there with a pizza). And then there’s those smitten with techy items, such as phones, video game characters and video games themselves.

But what I haven’t encountered yet is a real human falling for advanced artificial intelligence (AI), which might make the smallest fraction more sense. This leads me nicely onto the key focus of my article:

Could a human and a Virtual Assistant (VA) really enter into a meaningful romantic relationship?

Filmmakers certainly like to toy with the idea…

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