Will Artificial Intelligence Make Your Divorce Uglier?
Generative artificial intelligence is the latest polarizing issue. Its strongest supporters will tell you that AI is better than a human partner. It answers your questions in as much or as little detail as you ask instead of changing the subject, and it does not get offended when you pause it or fast forward. Some people even prefer to confide in chatbots, because they are always willing to listen. When the chatbots remix the human user’s unfiltered thoughts, it sometimes helps the human user understand his or her feelings and gain perspective on the situation. On the other hand, a chatbot can be like the world’s worst ex. It will say anything to sound smart and to have the last word, and it doesn’t mean anything it says, so you are never sure whether to trust it; worst of all, it refuses to reveal where it got which piece of information. At least, in divorce court, you can cross-examine your ex, and your ex is legally obligated to respond truthfully. Perhaps the worst-case scenario is when your spouse decides to divorce you on the advice of a chatbot and decides that the chatbot, not you, is the one who truly understands your spouse and has your spouse’s best interests in mind. If you are getting divorced after your spouse chose artificial intelligence over you, contact a Birmingham divorce lawyer.
Chatbots Have No Fear of Being Convicted of Perjury, but They Are Not Smart Enough to Lie
The Internet has ruined many marriages, from the stay-at-home mothers who live out their celebutante fantasies on Facebook and Instagram while their husbands financially support to the family to the men who confide in the manosphere and become increasingly angry while their wives find a sense of community in the workplace, to the marriages brought down by online paramours, catfishers and otherwise. AI chatbots are just the latest of the Internet’s many marriage-destroying tricks.
No matter what caused your divorce, you and your spouse will probably be able to work out all your property division and parenting time issues in family court mediation. In the unlikely event that your divorce goes to trial, you can summon any witnesses and subpoena any documents that support your points. For example, if your ex hid money from you during your marriage, you might be able to prove this through a subpoena of messages that your ex exchanged with an AI chatbot about the matter. Likewise, you can use the chatbot conversations as evidence of your ex’s behavior becoming increasingly erratic as your marriage progressed. You might even be able to show evidence of your ex trying to pay as little in the divorce as possible if your ex asked a chatbot about this.
Contact Peeples Law About Divorce in the Age of AI
A Birmingham family law attorney can help you if you and your ex-spouse separated because your ex trusted chatbots more than he or she trusted you. Contact Peeples Law in Birmingham, Alabama today to schedule a consultation.
