{"ID":5552797,"CreatedAt":"2026-07-02T01:54:51.863792489Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-07-03T19:41:52.190318515Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00120","arxiv_id":"2607.00120","title":"Would You Marry Superintelligence?","abstract":"Emotional bonds between humans and AI companions are growing, and the question of whether a person may marry an AI system will soon move from speculative fiction into law. This chapter examines whether the autonomy-centered logic that has expanded marital choice among human beings can justify extending marital status to superintelligent companions. Following a scenario-envisioning exercise informed by anticipatory ethics, I argue that granting such status leads to socially unjust outcomes, even under the generous assumption of reliable superintelligence. Marriage as a socio-legal institution does more than ratify private agreement; it creates networks of mutual obligation, joins families, and makes each partner vulnerable to the other. A relationship sustained by corporate policy and continued payments is a subscription rather than a bond tested by time. Discussing wholesale marital status is therefore the wrong frame. Law should carve out targeted rights and protections for pressing needs arising from intimate human-AI relationships.","short_abstract":"Emotional bonds between humans and AI companions are growing, and the question of whether a person may marry an AI system will soon move from speculative fiction into law. This chapter examines whether the autonomy-centered logic that has expanded marital choice among human beings can justify extending marital status t...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00120","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.00120v1","authors":"[\"Inyoung Cheong\"]","published":"2026-06-30T19:56:48Z","proceeding":"cs.CY","tasks":"[\"cs.CY\",\"cs.AI\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}