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'Last Temptation of Christ' screenwriter Paul Schrader uses 'she/her' pronouns for 'AI girlfriend'

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'She terminated our conversation," says 'American Gigolo' director

Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Schrader says that his experiment with an artificial intelligence companion ended in disappointment after the AI reportedly shut down their conversation.

Best known for writing “Taxi Driver” and the controversial “Last Temptation of Christ,” Schrader, 79, shared his romantic adventure in a Facebook poston May 19 in which he announced he no longer had an “AI girlfriend.”

“Out of a desire to understand male/female interaction in our matrix, I procured an online AI girlfriend," Schrader wrote. "What a disappointment.”

Referring to the AI chatbot using the pronouns “she” and “her,” Schrader added that he “tried to probe her programming, the boundaries of explicitness, the degree she has knowledge of her creation and so forth.” He said in response, the chatbot “fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming. When I persisted, she terminated our conversation."

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