Single in the City<\/a>, Laura Bilotta, believes that this update could present another user\u2019s profile through rose-coloured glasses and replace personal judgment.<\/p>\n\u201cAI could help people present more of a polished version of themselves that\u2019s not really real\u2026 I think that it could also help people who are emotionally unhealthy appear more emotionally intelligent or compatible with someone, although it\u2019s not the real person. It\u2019s like an AI avatar doing the work for them,\u201d she told Now Toronto.<\/p>\n
With this faulty, trustworthy profile, AI wouldn\u2019t have the same ability to spot red flags that users would otherwise want to know about.<\/p>\n
Another negative surrounds Bumble\u2019s previous women-first opening messages, now being removed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe brand was around female empowerment, where women have control in dating, and I think that AI would replace personal judgment,\u201d Bilotta said. \u201cI think women would feel uncomfortable with technology making decisions for them about who they should or shouldn\u2019t connect with.\u201d<\/p>\n
Playing the devil\u2019s advocate, Bilotta agrees with Bumble\u2019s online thoughts that AI-powered matchmaking will help prevent dating app burnout.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that a lot of people are emotionally exhausted from being ghosted: connecting with someone, not having it not go anywhere, having bad conversations, wasting time on people that were never really compatible, so if AI can help filter out like obvious mismatches earlier, it could save people a lot of time, and then that emotional energy,\u201d she told Now Toronto.<\/p>\n
For this update to work, she recommends that Bumble\u2019s AI \u201cBee\u201d takes into account basic compatibility signals, such as lifestyle differences. For example, is someone spontaneous or sticks to a schedule? Or, is the potential partner right-leaning when you\u2019re left? These are important factors to consider, Bilotta mentioned.<\/p>\n
Relationship goals, distance and effort into completing the profile should also be taken into account.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, this is going to help reduce the end-of-scrolling problem, right, that people have, because a lot of times you\u2019re wasting time scrolling, scrolling, scrolling, and you\u2019re looking back to take a match with you, and then that might prove match quality,\u201d Bilotta said.<\/p>\n
Overall, Bilotta doesn\u2019t believe this should replace human choice in matters of attraction. \u201cIt should clean up the dating environment so people can make better choices for themselves.<\/p>\n
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