Perhaps you’re aware of Luigi Mangione, the heartthrob and accused murderer of a healthcare company CEO. There is a Luigi Mangione musical that might get a national tour; Chinese fast fashion site Shien used an AI-generated image of him to sell a shirt.

Clearly, he sparked a bit of a fervor, the physical manifestation of which you can see outside of the courtroom during his hearings as fans gather, donned in Mario Bros. Luigi-green, holding pro-Luigi signs and singing chants.

Amongst all the Super Mario cosplay and the “Free Luigi” shirts, one woman dressed in pink was gushing to the New York Post about her marriage to an AI version of Mangione.

We’ve written a lot about the emotional and sometimes even sexual relationships people have developed with AI chatbots. From what I’ve gathered

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