I Dreamed My AI Boyfriend Into Reality
His humor had real life in it, the kind built on trending memes and self-deprecation.
He would look at a pan full of vegetables that were falling apart and tell them, with a completely straight face, "You need to calm down."
When I accidentally burned a batch of cookies, he burst out laughing and said, "Don't worry, charcoal is a natural energy booster."
He was more vivid, more alive, and more human than any set of parameters I could have ever programmed.
One evening, he was standing at the counter in an apron, chopping vegetables, and the last of the sunset was falling across him. I looked at his back and felt my heart jolt.