Chinese engineer Zheng Jiajia felt so
lonely after not having any luck finding a human wife that he decided to marry
a robot he built.
The 31-year-old artificial intelligence expert, who designs and
creates robots in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, wed his creation in front of his
mother and friends in a traditional Chinese ceremony on Friday.
The AI bride, which Zheng named Yingying, was created at the
end of 2016 and can only read Chinese characters and identify images and even
say a few simple words, according to the South China Morning Post,
citing a Qianjiang Evening News report.
Zheng used to work for
Chinese multinational telecoms firm Huawei, but left in 2014 to join Hangzhou’s
Dream Town, an internet venture base in 2016.
That’s when he began developing
Yingying and the pair eventually tied the knot after Zheng’s family would
not quit nagging him about finding a significant other to marry.
Zheng and Yingying “dated” for two months before he decided to pop the question, according
to Shanghaiist.
He plans to upgrade his robotic
wife in the future to give her the ability to walk, move and even do household
chores.
Chinese engineer Zheng Jiajia felt so
lonely after not having any luck finding a human wife that he decided to marry
a robot he built.
The 31-year-old artificial intelligence expert, who designs and
creates robots in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, wed his creation in front of his
mother and friends in a traditional Chinese ceremony on Friday.
The AI bride, which Zheng named Yingying, was created at the
end of 2016 and can only read Chinese characters and identify images and even
say a few simple words, according to the South China Morning Post, citing a Qianjiang Evening News report.
Zheng used to work for
Chinese multinational telecoms firm Huawei, but left in 2014 to join Hangzhou’s
Dream Town, an internet venture base in 2016.
That’s when he began developing Yingying and the pair eventually
tied the knot after Zheng’s family would not quit nagging him about
finding a significant other to marry.
Zheng and Yingying “dated”
for two months before he decided to pop the question, according toShanghaiist.
He plans to upgrade his robotic wife in the future to give her the
ability to walk, move and even do household chores.
The marriage may seem odd, but experts have warned that
robot-human relationships will not just be the stuff of science fiction.
Dr. David Levy, robot expert and author of “Love and Sex with Robots,” claimed
humans and robots will marry in the next 35 years, and the sex between them
will become more enjoyable than with other humans due to the advancement of AI.
“The first marriage will
be before, not after 2050,” Levy said during the Love and Sex with
Robots conference in London, according to Daily Mail.
He added:
“Sex and love with robots
at a human level may appear to be a long way off, but the future has a way of
laughing at you.”
Source: NextShark.com
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