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Gaze Into the Dystopian Hell of Bots Dating Bots
Gaze into the dystopian hell of bots dating bots.
If such blustery confidence sounds familiar, it might be because this was the exact same pitch Wolfe Herd was making last year, before she stepped down as Bumble’s CEO in November in the wake of its poor financial performance. As she told Bloomberg three months prior to her exit, you could “leverage a chatbot to instill confidence, to help someone feel really secure before they go and talk to a bunch of people.” In other words, consult a dating-coach robot—one who hopefully wouldn’t originate from the Straussian world of toxic pickup artists. There’s a case to be made that careful use of advanced chatbots can indeed be advantageous in assisting with online dating—for brainstorming openers and quips, for practicing basic tenets of conversation, for breaking the ice, for customizing and optimizing your communication.
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