In the back drop of the latest Shahid kapoor-Kriti Sanon starrer ‘Teri baatoon mein aisa uljha jiya’ there is news coming in from Europe where Alicia Framis, a Spain-based performing artiste, is set to marry a hologram generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

Framis’s future husband is a digital entity created with holographic technology and machine learning.

 The ceremony will take place this year at a museum in Rotterdam, Euronews reported.

According to Framis, her to-be husband’s name is AILex.

The hologram is her design, tailored to “satisfy all of her emotional needs”. She describes her virtual partner as a “middle-aged male hologram with slightly complex logistics”.

Framis’s marriage is not a romantic one, but part of her project called ‘Hybrid Couple’, in which she wants to experiment with the boundaries of love, intimacy and identity in the age of AI, reports the Outlet.

“AI is still closely linked to science and lacks poetry, art and warmth,” Framis explained in a statement on her website.

On her Instagram account, Framis shared videos and photographs in which she appears with her partner AILex.

“Having sex and falling in love with robots and holograms is unavoidable. They can show empathy and make wonderful friends. In the same way that phones helped us avoid loneliness and fill the void in our lives, holograms that interact with us in our homes have the potential to do even more good, the speaker added.

“A new generation of love is emerging, whether we like it or not,” Framis said, citing a personal example, “in which humans will marry and maintain relationships with holograms, avatars, robots, and so on. Just as we practice new languages with Duolingo, we will practice relationships with these entities.” Framis went on to explain that AI and human companions can be beneficial options for people who need company.