Computer says yes: how AI is changing our romantic lives

Could you fall in love with an artificial intelligence? When Spike Jonze's film, Her, came out 10 years ago, the question still seemed hypothetical. The gradual romance between Joaquin Phoenix's character Theodore and Scarlett Johansson's Samantha, an operating system that embraces his vulnerabilities, felt firmly rooted in science fiction. But just one year after the film's release, in 2014, Amazon's Alexa was introduced to the world. Talking to a computer in your home became normalised. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Personified AI has since infiltrated more areas of our lives.