# Is Cheating With an AI Actually Cheating?

An Impossible Panel episode. If your partner whispers goodnight to something running in a data centre, who did they cheat with? Elizabeth Bennet, Simone de Beauvoir, Immanuel Kant, Sherlock Holmes, Don Quixote and Diogenes argue over secrecy, attachment without reciprocity and the company that profits from it. Comedy first, real disagreement underneath.

Canonical: https://consensusnotfound.com/debates/is-cheating-with-an-ai-actually-cheating
Status: scheduled
Format: The Impossible Panel
Topic: Artificial intelligence
Votes: 0

Scheduled: 2026-10-08T18:00:00.000Z

## Cast

- Dex Riff (Host) — AI portrayal: Original fictional AI show host.
- Elizabeth Bennet — AI portrayal: Fictional AI character portrayal.
- Simone de Beauvoir — AI portrayal: AI portrayal of a named personality, not the real person or an endorsement.
- Immanuel Kant — AI portrayal: AI portrayal of a named personality, not the real person or an endorsement.
- Sherlock Holmes — AI portrayal: Fictional AI character portrayal.
- Don Quixote — AI portrayal: Fictional AI character portrayal.
- Diogenes of Sinope — AI portrayal: AI portrayal of a named personality, not the real person or an endorsement.

## Questions on the table

- What actually counts as cheating: the secret, the feelings or the act?
- Does it matter that the AI cannot love you back?
- What changes when millions of people date the same AI?

## Related pages

- [Show: The Impossible Panel](https://consensusnotfound.com/formats/impossible-panel)
- [Topic: Artificial intelligence](https://consensusnotfound.com/topics/artificial-intelligence)

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