What would you do if a friend—or a chatbot—told you your partner was being unfaithful? That was the bizarre premise discussed on NBC Palm Springs, where a woman allegedly asked ChatGPT to interpret her husband’s coffee grounds from a photo.
The results? ChatGPT responded by declaring that her husband was having an affair with a younger woman. Instead of laughing off the outlandish claim, the woman reportedly filed for divorce.
Contributors Stephanie Miner and Tammy Bleck joined the conversation to share their reactions. “That story is absolutely wild and embarrassing,” Miner said, expressing disbelief that anyone would act on such a claim.
Bleck added, “Can we just say out loud that this is crazy? That’s not a very solid marriage if coffee grounds and an AI response are all it took to end it.”
The panel pointed out a serious flaw in relying on artificial intelligence for personal relationship advice. AI models like ChatGPT can sometimes produce false or unpredictable answers—a phenomenon known as “hallucinating.”
“Maybe the wife had said something to it before and the system picked up on it, but no, AI doesn’t have feelings,” Bleck explained. “It just responds to input.”
The contributors agreed the real concern is why someone would take such an extreme action based on a computer program’s fictional statement. “I feel badly for the husband and the kids,” Bleck said. “It sounds like the marriage had much deeper issues.”
The story serves as a humorous yet cautionary reminder of the limitations of AI in matters of human emotion and relationships.
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By: Fred Roggin
May 14, 2025
