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Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
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Hhypervisible.bsky.social

So many of these pitches read like “what if your imaginary friend was a corporation” but they expect people to think it’s cool and desirable. www.wsj.com/articles/gri...

Grindr Aims to Build the Dating World’s First AI ‘Wingman’
The dating app is testing an AI bot for gay and bi men that would scout for long-term relationship prospects, set up dates—and even date other wingmen for you
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SBstephjayb.bsky.social

If nothing else, in order for this to perform the tasks as intended, you have to imagine that in a lot of cases users would be trusting Grindr's security team with...blackmail fodder.

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PSpaula72.bsky.social

AI not ready for prime time

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Ggauchohaulic.bsky.social

“and even date other wingmen for you” So your Bot would date other Bots? No thanks, I already own a copy of The Sims.

A picture from The Sims showing a young redhead woman Sim being embraced by a young bearded man Sim while on their date.
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Hhypervisible.bsky.social

This is what you get when efficiency is your only metric. Getting to know someone should be one of the best parts of developing a relationship.

For instance: A wingman could have a conversation with another wingman after their humans have matched, so that by the time the humans actually go on a date, they have a “robust view” of each other, Arison said. Bot-to-bot conversation not only saves the humans time, it might also spot dating deal-breakers early on, he said.
The wingman, which users would interact with like a chatbot, is currently being tested by a small group of users. But the group is slated to expand to roughly 1,000 by the end of the year, and to 10,000 next year, Arison said.
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BDsoulamami.bsky.social

It says a lot about how pathetic their lives are

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Kthatkraz.bsky.social

I'm sure that community is eager to feed their person info to some 3rd party AI.

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DCdrcsciencefun.bsky.social

Would you want autocorrect to be your ‘wingman’? Then you don’t want whatever this is….

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DWdavemwilburn.bsky.social

It's what happens when people entirely devoid of empathy and healthy human relationships build things for other humans, under the assumption they're just like them.

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@hypervisible.bsky.social
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
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