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DEAR X: HOW DOES AI INTERPRET EMOTION?
I chose: heartbreak. Universally, it’s a familiar emotion most of us go through at least once. But how does AI translate, or even experience love? How could it convey the heart-wrenching punch in the gut that accompanies a shattered heart? On a journey to satisfy my curious spurt, I started to compile an archive of past love stories and heartbreaks by interviewing acquaintances, friends, and strangers.
“Think about a past lover or heartbreak.”
I gave a pen and paper to the interviewee and asked them to draw, write, or express anything that came to mind.
Then I interviewed them.
Could you give this person an alias or nickname (whether it is their real name, a pet name, a meaningful nickname, or a name you made up)?
Please tell me about your relationship: anything you want to include.
Why did you break up?
What are some specific memories you had?
If they were here right now in front of you, what would you say to them?
Do you harbor any regrets?
What advice would you give to your past self, from your future self?
Then, with the given details and the aliases, I asked Chat GPT to generate a breakup letter.
THIS IS THE WOVEN MIX OF THE AI-GENERATED THEORY OF HEARTBREAK AND THE INITIAL VERSION OF IT IN THE RAWEST, MOST HUMAN FORM
01
My massage ended first so i went to the changing room and I went through his phone. I found out about everything
I remember asking the massager politely “excuse me” then slapping him really hard and leaving
He betrayed me and he didn’t change. I hope people with issues that they acknowledge don't use other people as a therapy tool; they should be isolated just like COVID
He was 5’ 7”, very good eyebrows, obsessed with skincare, lot of money, and he needed to study more
How can you even look me in the eye, don’t look at my eyes
What’s going on in your thoughts that you think you can be with me
So did you change a little bit?
You should go to therapy
How have you been doing? I wanna know how your mom is doing
Low self-esteem
Ups and downs and trust issues towards myself
I’m glad i learned it sooner than later for sure
While i was going through our texts, i could definitely see the toxicity so all the past that happened to me makes me who i am today so i don’t regret anything
Im glad i tried everything so i dont have anything left to try with him anymore
02
Started off as something very idealistic, something two people who don’t know anything about the world want to have fun and they experience it and then it ends up in a situation where one side wants to continue that fun and the other has to take things more seriously in life and it kind of severs that bond in the end, especially with distance.
Whenever we talked about certain issues, it was done in a private manner which was very respectful.
When you have nothing to do threw as like recreational- cafe hopping, sitting down somewhere, driving somewhere, certain views.
On the other side; she was very dependent emotionally and it was like that lack of time that ever decreasing time frame of social interaction that ultimately became a situation where the relationship was like: does it have anything left to offer? And it’s tragic because it was something that was very beautiful in the start, and then it was unforeseen circumstances.
The amount of effort that was put into giving myself joy on her part of it- i think it was a very innocent thing where you make the other side happy all the time and overall, it was really nice to partake in that situation where you knew everything in your happiness was going to be covered by the other half- that was very nice
Some advice to myself in the past: have less sex.
03
We were together for a year and a half
Manipulative and toxic
I remember he used to pick me up from airport and that's something i miss a lot bc nobody pick me up he used to hold my bag all the time
He did a lot of things for me which i felt cared for
Having the feeling of someone caring it for me
i gave him everything but he all gave me empty words
I remember the looks like his world is fall apart and his emotions seem so sincere his whole face gets flushed and red with teary eye and i knew it was not real because then he would care about his actions more
Advice to myself - have higher standards
The emotions she have felt was despair, shock, sadness anger pain
Can only be where i am right now because of that break up but i still haven't forgiven him
And he gave made me feel like i was the most worthless and loved person at the same time
I'm doing good now finally it took me a lot of time for me to revolver scars don't heal but i've moved on and i cant say thank you but i can say that i learned a lot. I hope that I can forgive you and wish for your genuine happiness.
04
Happy and she was everything i ever wanted in a person but i wasn’t really for her even though she still wanted to be with her, i still ended it
I regret focusing so much on finding the one instead of improving myself Felt really sad bc she made me happy and if we continued working things out, we’ could’ve worked things out But i knew i was hurting her that’s why i ended thing, even though she wanted to stay together
Advice for myself: the biggest fear in life isn’t not not finding the one; it’s finding the one and being for them
We’re still friends and all
SPRING 2023