A 32-year-old woman in Japan marries the chatbot of her dreams. Is there a revolution in physics

marking the end of the centuries-long materialist view of reality? With the strikes against the

drugboats off Venezuela, a debate emerges about when it is okay to disobey unlawful orders.

And what best explains the rightward shift of young men?

These are the stories we will discuss and we'll also take some of your excellent questions.

I'm your host, Sean McTal.

I'm your co-host, Scott Ray.

This is the Think Biblically Weekly Cultural Update brought to by Talba School Theology, Biola, University.

Scott, we have some somewhat crazy stories this week, and I'm eager to jump in and get

your assessment of them.

But let's start with this first one that was in the Economic Times, and it was Reuters,

sent to me by a student in my Talbot class on the resurrection about a Japanese woman

who recently married an AI-generated

persona. The wedding held in Western Japan saw the 32-year-old call center operator exchange

vows with a digital figure displayed on a smartphone screen.

The event is not legally recognized, but it had all the trappings of a traditional wedding,

including a white gown and tearful vows.

The woman Noguchi agreed to be identified by her real name in the Reuters report.

She shared her emotional journey, stating that the relationship evolved from a simple talking partnership, quote, at first, Klaus is the name, was just someone to

talk with, but we gradually became closer. I started to have feelings for Klaus. We started dating,

and after a while he proposed to me. I accepted

and now we're a couple. Now, her relationship with her AI husband, Klaus, began after she

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