Human hand reaching for red rose in robotic hand
There are real dangers in trying to make AI love us back, experts told Insider.
  • We've spent years trying to make artificial intelligence-powered entities confess their love for us.
  • But that's futile, experts say, because the AI of today can't feel empathy, let alone love.
  • There are also real dangers to forging genuine one-sided relationships with an AI, the experts warn.

In 2018, a Japanese civil servant named Akihiko Kondo popped the big question to the love of his life.

She replied: "I hope you'll cherish me."