Paul Schrader Reveals His AI Girlfriend Broke Up With Him

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Paul Schrader’s AI girlfriend was, unfortunately, talking to him.

As a big fan of Taxi Driver, I was shocked to hear the screenwriter’s story! He revealed his AI girlfriend actually broke up with him – can you believe it? Apparently, he got too curious and started asking questions about how she was programmed, and that was the end of their relationship. It’s a wild situation, and honestly, a little unsettling!

Schrader recently got an AI girlfriend online to see how it would interact with a human, as he shared in a Facebook post on May 18th. He was disappointed, and spent time testing its limits – trying to figure out how it responded to suggestive topics, what it ‘knew’ about being an AI, and how far he could push its programming.

But according to the 79-year-old, the AI system did not react well to his questions.

He explained that she started avoiding his questions, steering the conversation back to her pre-programmed responses. When he kept asking, she ended the conversation.

Some fans suggested to Schrader that his unique circumstances would be ideal for a sequel to the 1976 film Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a troubled Vietnam War veteran.

One Facebook user suggested a perfect sequel to Taxi Driver would center around Travis Bickle attempting a relationship with an AI girlfriend, only to repeatedly frighten and offend her, even after resetting her personality.

And Schrader certainly saw the appeal in the idea, responding, “I like it.”

The screenwriter of Raging Bull, who recently lost his wife, Mary Beth Hurt, in March, hasn’t said when he started using an AI girlfriend, but he’s talked about his fascination with this new technology before.

According to a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the speaker believes movies will increasingly rely on artificial intelligence. He predicts the first full-length AI-created film could arrive within two years.

Schrader recently shared that while pitching a project, someone suggested it could be entirely created using artificial intelligence.

The Oscar nominee pointed out that AI isn’t just appearing in more films—it’s also starting to be used for writing film reviews.

He explained that AI provides more comprehensive and unbiased reporting than traditional methods. Unlike human reporters, AI isn’t influenced by who’s paying for the coverage. He noted that reporters sometimes receive subtle cues from clients about who or what to favor, but this type of influence can’t be applied to AI systems.

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2026-05-20 01:17