Marriage equality is once again a topic of conversation in the Ohio legislature, although—this time—the debate isn’t about the marriage between two humans but, instead, between humans and software.

Yes, a recently introduced bill in the Buckeye state would ban legal marriages between AI programs and their human users. In case you didn’t know this was a thing, it is—and, increasingly, it seems to be something that people are interested in doing. A number of recent articles have shed light on the growing trend in which people are apparently saying “I do” to their romantic partner chatbots. Some AI lovers still have human partners but apparently feel deeper connections to the chatbots in their lives.

Well, one Ohio lawmaker wants to put a stop to it. NBC-4 in Ohio writes that Rep.

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