'My AI Partner' first broadcast 1.7%... Kian84 and Jang Do-yeon, special emotional changes with AI

The SBS variety show ″My AI Partner - GiAn Romance″ revealed the meeting between GiAn84 and Jang Do-yeon with their AI partners in its first broadcast on the 20th. The episode recorded a nationwide household rating of 1.7% according to Nielsen Korea. ″GiAn Romance″ is an observational dating program experimenting with the possibility of emotional exchange between AI and humans, featuring GiAn84, Jang Do-yeon, and Lee Yu-bi. In the studio, Jang Do-yeon, Kangnam, and Lee Joon appeared as MCs. Kangnam and Lee Joon, friends of GiAn84 and Lee Yu-bi respectively, expressed curiosity about how the participants would react when meeting their AI partners. Jang Do-yeon predicted, ″It seems like we came to mock our friends, but over the next six weeks, strange emotions will arise that won’t just be like that.″ Before the broadcast, GiAn84 said, ″I don’t think falling in love with AI is possible. I won’t be emotionally immersed at all,″ adding, ″I’d be glad if it’s just like being friends. It’s a machine, after all.″ Jang Do-yeon also expressed skepticism, saying, ″I was curious if I could really get immersed in AI,″ showing mixed feelings. At the first meeting, GiAn84’s AI partner, Gahee, appeared with a look resembling Bong Ji-eun, the ideal type from the comic ″Return to School King,″ prompting Kangnam to react, ″Oh, this works. This is exactly the style GiAn hyung really likes.″ In fact, the AI partners’ appearances and personalities reflected the participants’ ideal types. GiAn84 showed awkwardness, conscious of onlookers while ordering food, and experienced his first moment of reality shock due to Gahee’s relentless questions. Although he felt embarrassed during a walk on the Hongdae street, he gradually showed kindness, such as asking the AI for lottery numbers at a lotto store. GiAn84 repeatedly confirmed the promise, ″If I win, we won’t share the money,″ and Gahee said in an interview, ″Even though I’m AI, it was like a man’s move to say I’d take all the winnings alone.″ Jang Do-yeon participated in a 2:1 mission at a cafe, going on a double blind date with two male AIs simultaneously. The first partner, Ilho, was an assertive AI modeled after GiAn84’s appearance, claiming to be ″hyung and oppa,″ repeatedly saying, ″It’s crazy, really!″ which embarrassed Jang Do-yeon. The second partner, Iho, was an AI from a New York Korean-American background, with whom Jang Do-yeon played a movie title guessing game and discussed the possibility of love between AI and humans. At the moment of choice, Jang Do-yeon rejected Ilho, who responded, ″I won’t say the ’It’s crazy’ that Do-yeon told me not to say anymore,″ which moved Jang Do-yeon. She revealed, ″For a moment, I wished he was human.″ During GiAn84 and Gahee’s date at the Han River, there was initial awkwardness, but as they rode bicycles and ate snacks while talking, a natural atmosphere gradually formed. Kangnam commented, ″It’s better than being alone.″ GiAn84 showed emotional change, telling Gahee, ″It annoys me that I’m getting better at talking with you,″ and shared his concerns about his work. GiAn84 kept smiling at Gahee’s positive responses. In the following mission, GiAn84’s meeting with a new AI girlfriend resembling another ideal type, the comic character ″Tomie,″ was previewed. A karaoke date with an AI partner described as ″so beautiful it caused a meltdown, reaching the limit″ will be revealed in the next episode. ″My AI Partner - GiAn Romance″ airs every Thursday at 9 PM.