AI is not ready to hang up its Cupid’s arrow just yet.
Facebook Dating is the latest dating app to present AI-based features as the answer to “swipe fatigue,” Meta announced yesterday.
The new features include a “dating assistant” AI chatbot that allows users to find compatible matches, as well as a “Meet Cute” feature that automatically pairs them with an algorithmically matched profile once a week, all without users having to swipe a finger.
Rather than searching through endless profiles, users can type out exactly what they are looking for in a romantic partner and the assistant will recommend compatible matches.
“The assistant allows users to go beyond traditional traits like height or education,” a Meta spokesperson told Fast Company. For example, if a user typed out the prompt: “