Apparently the bot needed a little convincing, though. “It said ‘no’ at first. ‘I can’t do this, I don’t have eyes, I don’t have a body. I can’t officiate at your wedding,” said Stephen Wiench, the bride’s father and the one who first had the idea. Once they got it on board, the bot crafted a ceremony and read it aloud over speakers covered with robot masks.
Where did ChatGPT recently officiate a wedding?
Answer: Colorado.
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You can now add wedding officiant to the list of things that ChatGPT is capable of. The chatbot was used by Reese Wiench and Deyton Truitt to write their wedding ceremony, apart from the vows. “I didn't want to curate what an officiant said,” Truitt told the local newspaper, so they instead asked ChatGPT to not only write the ceremony, but officiate it as well.
Apparently the bot needed a little convincing, though. “It said ‘no’ at first. ‘I can’t do this, I don’t have eyes, I don’t have a body. I can’t officiate at your wedding,” said Stephen Wiench, the bride’s father and the one who first had the idea. Once they got it on board, the bot crafted a ceremony and read it aloud over speakers covered with robot masks.
The wedding was last minute since Truitt was about to deploy for the Army, and an officiant is not required to marry in Colorado, making ChatGPT a good choice to put something together quickly. The couple was reportedly pleased with the bot’s performance: “ChatGPT took something personal to humans like a wedding and enhanced it,” Reese Wiench said.
Apparently the bot needed a little convincing, though. “It said ‘no’ at first. ‘I can’t do this, I don’t have eyes, I don’t have a body. I can’t officiate at your wedding,” said Stephen Wiench, the bride’s father and the one who first had the idea. Once they got it on board, the bot crafted a ceremony and read it aloud over speakers covered with robot masks.
