A Man Invented a Fake Female Politician Using AI. Then He Made Her Pregnant.
There are many things a man might invent for a fictional woman. A name. A face. A political affiliation. Maybe even a personality. The man behind Nakamura Riho went considerably further. He gave her a pregnancy. A Politician Who Didn’t Exist Until recently, the X account “Nakamura Riho @ Constitutional Democratic Party” appeared to belong […] The post A Man Invented a Fake Female Politician Using…
A man invented a fictitious female politician using AI, then had her become pregnant. The account "Nakamura Riho @ Constitutional Democratic Party" on X, which appeared to belong to a young Japanese woman with political aspirations, was not real. Freelance journalist Jun Hori investigated the account after being asked about its authenticity.
The account's operator admitted he used AI to create Nakamura's image and described her as a young woman with political ambitions and a pregnancy resulting from sexual violence. Nakamura's account gained attention for her numerous updates on her pregnancy and childbirth, which involved specific details like her pelvic fracture healing and giving birth to a 3,620-gram baby girl after 20 hours of labor.
The man behind the account acknowledged his behavior as "extremely thoughtless" and stated that he had no affiliation with the Constitutional Democratic Party. The story raises questions about the implications of inventing a fully-realized female persona with intimate details and the potential gender representation in politics.
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