A 49-year-old Brazilian bricklayer He traveled approximately 2,100 kilometers to meet a woman with whom he believed he had established a relationship online. However, upon reaching his destination he discovered that Jéssica Fazendeira, the person he was looking for, was a character generated through artificial intelligence (AI).The case occurred in Brazil and ended with the intervention of local authorities to help the man return to his region. The protagonist of this story is Edimar Rocha Martinsa construction worker who left Imperatriz, in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, and traveled to Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais, in the hope of meeting Jéssica Fazendeira.The man arrived in the city on Sunday, October 11, after traveling a distance of approximately 2,100 kilometers.His decision was related to the videos he had seen on social networks, in which a woman invited her followers to move to a rural property to start a new life. Jéssica Fazendeira, the character created by AI who took a construction worker to travel 2,100 kilometersAccording to ‘Rádio Itatiaia’, Edimar believed in the promises spread by the character and decided to undertake the trip. The media also noted that the man was going through a period of loneliness after the death of his mother.
The promises of women
Jéssica Fazendeira is a digital character created using artificial intelligence tools that appears in publications spread through platforms such as Kwai and Facebook. In the videos, the supposed owner of a farm addresses users directly and proposes that they abandon their usual activities to live in the countryside.In one of the recordings, the character states: “I want you to come to my farm and never work again in your life.”These types of messages were part of the content published by the profile. However, the woman who appeared in the recordings did not exist as a real person, but had been digitally generated.Edimar interpreted the publications as an opportunity to meet the woman he thought he was talking to online. For this reason, he decided to move to Belo Horizonte.
unexpected twist
After the case gained notoriety, Jéssica Fazendeira’s profile released a new recording in which it was expressly acknowledged that the character had been created with artificial intelligence. In that video, the digital figure assured that she had never had private conversations with the account’s followers and explained what the purpose of the publications was. “I am artificial intelligence. I never spoke to anyone on this profile. The intention was to generate interaction to increase sales,” says the recording released after the worker’s story became known.The person responsible for managing the content, whose identity was not revealed, also questioned Edimar’s story and denied having personally invited the bricklayer to travel to Belo Horizonte.In this way, there are different versions about the alleged conversations that would have motivated the displacement. While the worker claimed that he traveled to meet the woman, the person behind the profile maintained that there was no individual invitation.
The bricklayer ran out of money
Once in Belo Horizonte, Edimar was unable to meet the woman he was looking for. Furthermore, he was left without the necessary financial resources to pay for his return trip. Given this situation, he received assistance from the Migrant Assistance and Reception Service of the Belo Horizonte Mayor’s Office, an entity that intervened to facilitate his return.The municipal authorities provided him with a bus ticket so he could leave the city and return to his place of origin.Finally, on Tuesday, October 13, Edimar boarded a bus bound for Araguatins, a municipality in the state of Tocantins, where he was born.