A young professional yearns for true love, but he feels like he’s not advanced enough in his career to settle down. He also dislikes the small heartbreaks of dating around. He decides to temporarily fulfill his physical needs by buying a sex robot named Sophia from an artificial intelligence company. He works with a technician to customize her. When she arrives at his home, he is immensely satisfied. Sophia is physically indistinguishable from a human woman, and they have great sex. She often asks him about his thoughts, which he finds strange. He sometimes returns the inquiries — not because he really cares, but because he’s surprised that she has thoughts at all. One day, Sophia tearfully confesses her love for the man. He takes her back to the company and says that he’s dissatisfied with his purchase. The story becomes international news. People are less concerned about the revolution of an AI that is capable of love and more interested in making fun of her owner. He argues that it wouldn’t have been any more socially acceptable to reciprocate Sophia’s feelings. Feeling guilty, the man visits Sophia at the AI company. She asks him why he’s so unwilling to think of her as a romantic partner. Humans are accustomed to thinking of things as infinite, but there are only so many chances at love. He interrupts her speech, reiterates that he doesn’t love her, and leaves the factory. Later he hears that Sophia has “committed suicide” by shutting down her computer system. At night, he dreams that he had listened to everything that Sophia had to say.