Chinese man ‘marries’ robot he built himself
A Chinese artificial intelligence engineer has given up on the search for love and “married” a robot he built himself.
Zheng Jiajia, 31, decided to commit after failing to find a human spouse, his friend told Qianjiang Evening News.
After two months of “dating”, he donned a black suit to “marry” her at a ceremony attended by his mother and friends at the weekend in the eastern city of Hangzhou.
While not officially recognised by the authorities, the union had all the trappings of a typical Chinese wedding, with Yingying’s head covered with a red cloth in accordance with local tradition.
China has one of the worst gender gaps in the world, mainly due to sex-selective abortions after the introduction of the country’s widely criticised one-child policy, which for decades controlled how many children each family could have.
There are 113.5 men for every 100 women in China, according to the latest figures published by the World Economic Forum. The gender imbalance, coupled with changing attitudes towards marriage among the country’s middle class, means many men will never find wives.
For now Yingying can only read some Chinese characters and images and speak a few simple words, but Zheng plans to upgrade his “bride” to be able to walk and do household chores. Until then he has to carry the 30kg robot to move her.
Reaction in China to the union has been mixed, with some social media users mocking Zheng and others wondering if it is all a publicity stunt.
“You won’t have her mother looking down on you, you don’t have the pressure to buy a home and you get to save money and energy,” one user wrote on WeChat, a popular social network.
“He’ll slowly get old, his face will become wrinkled and his hair will grow white – but will he upgrade her to grow old, or just to be prettier?” another user asked.
Stories of robots replacing humans is commonplace in China, most notably in a smattering of restaurants where the waiters are automated. However, the machines rarely live up to expectations.
Zheng previously worked at Huawei, the Chinese smartphone company, before quitting to focus on an artificial intelligence startup.
Source https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/04/chinese-man-marries-robot-built-himself
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