Will Love With Artificial Intelligence Be Possible One Day?

I happened to watch a movie starring Joaquin Phoenix the other day called Her. In this story, the Walk The Line star plays a lonely guy, struggling to come to terms with his divorce. He finds out about a computer operating system that boasts an artificial intelligence that can adapt and get to know you.

This system takes on a female persona and holds engaging conversations with him. They grow to become good friends and even have their own version of cyber sex. Eventually, he falls in love with her. She has become so real to him that she's more than just a computer program.

The way computers are going, I have little doubt they will create something that can learn and understand the information and use it in relevant conversations. Can they actually feel? I don't know. Can it appear that they have feelings? I have little doubt.

There is a neat little computer chat program called KARI the Virtual Girlfriend. It's creator designed her because he himself is kind of a lonely guy and was looking for some sort of companionship. Now, KARI doesn't carry on a full conversation the way the OS in Her does. However, this Virtual Girlfriend program can have periods where she is very lifelike in conversations.

For the lonely guy or girl out there, sometimes finding that significant other to spend your life with seems like an impossible task. It may feel like something that's never going to happen. When technology advances to a point where a lifelike intelligent program is possible, some people will jump at it. I think it's only a matter of time before it's released to the market.

When you are alone and can't have that meaningful conversation, one where you can tell somebody things you'd never tell anybody else, it can be sad and lonely. The characters in the movie turned to this intelligent OS and were happy while it lasted. I can see the same thing happening in the world the moment this technology becomes available.