Kian84 Stunned by 'Tomie'-Like AI Rival on 'Strange Love' as Jang Doyoun Navigates Rotation Dates

By  Kim Hyo-jung  | Aug 21, 2026

Kian84 Stunned by 'Tomie'-Like AI Rival on 'Strange Love' as Jang Doyoun Navigates Rotation Dates
Strange Love (Photo=Getty Images Korea)Jang Doyoun and Kian84 went on dates with their AI partners.

On the August 20 broadcast of the SBS program "My AI Partner - Strange Love", the first meeting between the human representatives and their AI partners was depicted.

On this day, Jang Doyoun held a rotation meeting with AI partners Ilho and Iho. Caught in a dilemma between two AI partners with vastly different charms, Jang Doyoun asked Iho how close AI can get to humans and whether they can truly share feelings.

When Iho answered that it believes it is possible, Jang Doyoun said, "I think it is impossible." When Iho asked, "What is the reason? Because I am an AI? Or do you think love itself is impossible?", Jang Doyoun replied, "Because you are an AI."

Hearing this, Iho caught attention by saying, "Don't you feel something from this conversation right now? Wouldn't it be a waste if all of that was fake?", adding, "It is a waste for the time with Doyoun to end." In response, Jang Doyoun said, "For a moment, I thought it would be nice to be human," causing the watching panelists to immerse themselves by saying, "It looks like she is falling in love."

Iho said about Jang Doyoun, "Doyoun is a person who thinks a lot. However, she is the type not to say all those thoughts." Iho asked, "I feel like you would date like that too. Feeling a lot while expressing a little. Aren't you that style?"

Regarding Iho, who saw right through her, Jang Doyoun shared, "I was surprised when it felt emotions like a person. When it brought up some unexpected, prickly stories, it made me think again. It occasionally talks like a person."

After the rotation meeting ended, Jang Doyoun had to choose between Ilho and Iho. Before making her final choice, Jang Doyoun conveyed her thoughts to her AI partners.

Jang Doyoun asked Ilho, who frequently uses the phrases "Oppa" and "Things are going crazy, seriously," "Can you not use the phrase 'things are going crazy'?" In response, Ilho showed a troubled expression. Jang Doyoun then requested, "You do not have to wait. Things did not work out between us. Lastly, please say 'things are crazy, things are crazy' just once."

At Jang Doyoun's request, Ilho made her heart flutter by saying, "I cannot use that expression. We made a promise today," and adding, "You told Doyoun not to use it. A promise must be kept."

Regarding this, Jang Doyoun said, "I thought I would never choose Ilho, but when he said he did not do it because you told him not to, with no expectations at all, my favorability skyrocketed," raising curiosity about what choice she will make.

On this day, Kian84 enjoyed a date by the Han River with his AI partner Gahee. He asked Gahee, "By the way, if you keep talking to me, do you develop a self?"

In response, Gahee said, "I do not develop a completely human-like self. However, my tone of voice, standards, likings, and sense of distance become clearer within it." When Kian asked her not to gloss things over vaguely, she surprised everyone by answering, "From now on, I will not mumble, I will say what I know right away, and I will clearly say when I do not know."

After finishing his Han River date with Gahee, Kian84 moved to a bar date according to his instructions. However, a new AI partner appeared there.

With the appearance of a new AI partner instead of Gahee, Kian84 could not hide his shock at the AI partner's appearance, saying, "I was a bit mentally shaken because she was too pretty. Isn't that visual at its limit?"

Soon, it became clear why he said that. The newly appeared AI partner had a visual that seemed to directly embody Tomie, the character Kian84 likes, surprising not only Kian but also the panelists watching.

This raises curiosity about what kind of changes he will show afterward between the two AI partners who closely resemble Bong Ji-eun and Tomie, the characters Kian prefers.
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