Home | News | Opinion A Date With Algorithms Opinion: A date with algorithms The integration of AI into dating threatens to further disconnect and isolate us. By Telangana Today Published Date - 19 May 2024, 11:50 PM Hyderabad : For those lamenting over declining human connections due to an all-pervading domination of gadgets, here is some more depressing news. AI (Artificial Intelligence) is making its way into the dating world, choosing your soulmate by matching the profiles.
With loneliness among the youth emerging as an urban epidemic, algorithms have come to replace the human touch. Artificial Intelligence is set to take over emotional intelligence. In the words of Whitney Herd, CEO of ‘Bumble’, a popular dating platform, “AI is the future of dating.
” Here is what an AI-driven dating looks like: A romantic app scans your dating profile and makes a chatbot based on that information. Then it matches your chatbot with other people’s chatbots and has them go on “dates” — all without you having to be involved. After the two chatbots have their awkward first conversation, like “what are your hobbies?” “Do I have to live with your parents?”, you can review the chat logs and see if you think the other real person is worth actually messaging in real life.
Many find this scenario — integration of AI into intimate spaces —very scary. There is no doubt that the technology and Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are immensely useful tools in a myriad.