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AI ‘wingmen’ bots to write profiles and flirt on dating apps (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Damn girl, you sexy!

Thank you! But I am just an AI agent helping my user to flirt!

Great! I am also an AI agent! Would you like to switch to base85 for faster communications?

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Congrats! You are a 100% match!

[–] vane@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

This is exactly what Bumble CEO said 9 months ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYzuycrGqkI

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But those “struggling users” who may be lacking in social skills, and begin to rely on AI assistants to craft conversations for them, may have difficulty once they arrive on real-life dates, without the use of their phone to help them converse. This could lead to anxiety and further retreat into the comfort of the digital space

That's the point. Match.com is not interested in finding you the perfect match. They only want to drip-feed you enough real-looking stuff to keep you subscribed.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

There are tiny earbuds that one can wear where an AI can murmur sweet little nothings.

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ohh i've seen this episode of Black Mirror!

[–] ZeroTerabytes@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Guys, I know it's hard to be yourself. But, like, people like people who do hard things. Hence, if being yourself is one of the harder things to do, but you do it anyway, someone will like it.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 hours ago

And if "yourself" is just not likeable, working on that is also hard in a number of ways, from first realising and acknowledging the things you can improve to actually committing to self-improvement. But for the same reason, someone will appreciate it at some point. If being yourself is respectable, being a better version of yourself is even more so.

[–] Tea@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Relevant post about The Guardian privacy.

A better link to keep your privacy, if you want to read the article: https://www.skinnyguardian.xyz/uk/lifeandstyle2025mar08ai-wingmen-bots-to-write-profiles-and-flirt-on-dating-apps/

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

guardian's site works fine with disabled JavaScript and all 3rd-party blocked

[–] MomoGajo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Remind me again why this isn't catfishing?

[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Everything is catfishing, when you put your best foot forward or wear your best shirt or be funnier or cooler than you actually are. Same as couples used to court but courting is grooming, it is the modern world's desire to terrorise everyone into passivity by demonising the simple everyday activities of life.

[–] MomoGajo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

I mean, I guess. But normally I'm the one putting my best foot forward. I also don't have to read my replies to figure out my personality before I show up to make sure my personality isn't to far off from me.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Eh.. putting your best foot forward doesn't imply you're like that all the time. It's different.

Catfishing is lying. It's putting forward something you aren't ever.

And if that's not the case, and we've diluted the meaning of catfishing, we need another term that means that