AI Dating Is Taking Advantage Of Unhappy Men And Monetizing Their Loneliness
Dating in 2023 is a mess, thanks in no small part to technology. With porn becoming ever more accessible and increasingly less frowned upon by society, and online dating creating a culture where people jump from person to person with no real need (or requirement) for commitment, saying “It’s rough out there” is a bit of an understatement. Now, with the emergence of AI dating, it’s about to get even worse.
AI technology blew up seemingly overnight. We had generators like Lensa AI churning out artsy profile pictures that could make you look like an anime character, Tudor-style painting, or a cyberpunk dystopian character, all for the cost of 10-20 personal photographs and $3.99. Then came chatbots that can generate an answer for just about anything: Want to debug your code? Extract data from a report? Come up with well-written experience descriptions for your resume? Ask, and you shall receive.