The last step of launch included pulling left and right on people’s stock images until the program apparently knew what profiles match my real “#atractdna”. Despite the selection of men and women with different racial backgrounds when moving, most of the Iris matches were associated with me with women living in the Philippines. Igor Khalatian, CEO and founder of Iris, explained by email that this is probably due to the program that has recently been viral with Filipino users. “The company is working on a better balance for these connections,” he said.
One person I communicated with, Chloe, was eager to the program and thought the vague aspect of AI was interesting and useful.
He told me, “Yes, it’s useful.” “Because you can have good friends here.” Despite using the program for the past six months and enjoying conversations, Cloor had not yet faced any of his matches in person. (All users’ names in this story have been changed to keep anonymity.)
Another woman, Althea, was for the new program and used it along with other options such as Bumpy and Okcupid. The Alteh was not really important to the artificial intelligence aspect of the iris. “I don’t know,” he says. “I just guess I can find a serious relationship here.”
As I talked Given the more women in the program, it was clear that many users were closer to the Alte’s view. Connecting with the right person through a hook or dating program like a game of numbers is felt for many people because they make multiple accounts. Finally, everyone feels that they are chum algorithm even before entering artificial intelligence tools. These users are willing to attend wherever people are worth finding it may use it.
Some of the GRINDR users that I access in San Francisco were also coordinated with apps for artificial intelligence features, and almost no one had heard of Wingman Chatbot, despite living in American technology capital. As long as it does not interfere with its original goals in Grindr, it does not appear that this subset of users will never care about new tools.
Another group of users was shut down to find out more about artificial intelligence features. Tomás said to me, “I’m very philosophically anti -ai.” “Part of the creation of relationships – whether sexually, romantic, Plato” dealing with friction. I think the more organic approach is not to engage the AI. “While Tomás acknowledged that AI features may be useful to other users, he does not see tools as harmony with his personal beliefs or the real reason for using the program: Sex.
I sent a message to Sebastian again to get to know his view better, curious if he is more curious about artificial intelligence tools, dating programs and hooks he wanted to share. “Yes, the man. Many, he wrote, before pouring four big and blue messages in our chat together. His answer is four good aspects (better matches, improved safety, conversion beginners, profile optimization) and four negatives (lack of authenticity Privacy concerns, algorithmic prejudice, lack of confidence in artificial intelligence, are regularly organized and loudly. , So I asked whether this response was created by artificial intelligence. Well, you take me? “
