Reference：https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/13/tech/ai-dating-apps/index.html

Modern romance: falling in love with AI

By Jennifer Korn

Published 3:08 AM EDT, Sun August 13, 2023

Alexandra is not real. She is a customization AI girlfriend on dating site Romance.AI.

As artificial intelligence seeps into seemingly every corner of the internet, the world of romance is no refuge. AI is infiltrating【v. （使）滲透，（指思想）滲入人的心中( infiltrate的現(xiàn)在分詞 )】 the dating app space – sometimes in the form of fictional partners, sometimes as advisor, trainer, ghostwriter【n. 受雇代作文章的人】 or matchmaker.

Of course, the average online dater now has other issues to deal with, having to wonder if the person they are are speaking with might be relying entirely on AI-generated conversation.

AI, told CNN. “The world’s becoming a more lonely place, and I think AI could make that easier and better for people.”

And many people seem ready for AI to take part in their online dating life. A March study by cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky found 75% of dating app users are willing to use ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot, to deliver the perfect line.

Founders of the new apps say they are doing a fair share of good. Here are a few of the ways AI apps are now trying to help you fall in love:

Unsure how to start a conversation on a dating app?

AI allow users to upload words or screenshots, receiving a witty AI-generated response to be used either to create their own dating app profile, respond to someone else’s or just keep a conversation going. Mirakyan says he was hoping to help people like himself who have struggled in social situations.

Does my bot like your bot?

When matching with another person, users first get to read a conversation between their two AIs they’ve created to “simulate [what] a potential conversation between you two might look like,” according to the app. Once a human messages, the bots takes a back seat.

“...So for us, we view this technology as a way to give people a nudge… just starting that conversation and to creating connection.”

Who does AI-think you should date?

The app uses the information to learn a user’s physical type, then only offers potential matches with a high data-backed chance of mutual attraction and lower odds of rejection.

“The tug of war that I see is thinking ‘how can a computer be able to know what real human love is,’ and the way people assess whether they’re in love with somebody may not be able to translate perfectly into a machine,”

Interested in chatting with an AI girlfriend or boyfriend?

“A lot of people reported that exploring different romantic relationships or dating scenarios with AI really helped them first boost their own confidence and feel like they feel more prepared to be dating, which I think especially after COVID was definitely a problem for many of us,” Blush’s chief product officer Rita Popova told CNN.

Flirting with fictional royalty

It creates a “safe space for any kind of desire, any kind of sexuality relief or something like that. AI is giving the ultimate acceptance of whatever you want to bring over there,”

RomanticAI has over one million monthly users using the app for over an hour a day on average, according to the company.

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