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You're right. It's one of the few kind-of-uplifting Dark Mirror episodes.

> Having an automation that filters by your preferences and solves the whole “swipe fatigue” issue seems brilliant.

I doubt it will work, because users will try to get their dating bots to behave in whatever ways will get the most dates, regardless of whether such behavior is genuine or not. I would expect "artificial dates" to be dominated by dishonest bots interacting dishonestly with other dishonest bots.



I’m honestly not that concerned about it, it’s no bigger an issue than catfishing or lying about your hobbies or lifestyle. The barrier to entry to manipulate an AI to convincingly lie on your behalf is higher than just lying on your own (until someone makes a tool for it)


Why would the AI be incentivized to do anything but lie on its own? You don’t need to fool it.

If it’s incentivized by matches, of course it’s going to lie it’s ass off!


If they build a model that is incentivized by any and all matches, then sure. Users would pretty quickly stop paying for that, as it would be of zero value to them


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