AI Is Providing Relationship Cheat Codes

Cyborgs and world-dominating androids from cinematic past are becoming increasingly less fictional, with the likes of Artificial Intelligence commanding the technology of the 21^st century. We have been relying on robots to help us in everyday life, from Alexa to ChatGPT, assisting in knowledge recall and notetaking. Now, advanced AI can help us form “healthy” attachments and provide dating cheat codes.

AI-powered texting assistants set out to help perfect dating profiles, supporting with a profile review, enhanced photos and pitched responses. There are various simulator options to choose from, including Your Move AI and Dating AI Pro, who claim to have the ‘best rizz online.’ Chatbot settings can range from friendly, formal conversations to flirty and feisty, adapting to your needs and putting texting on ‘cruise control’ in order to make online dating more engaging.

A lack of real human interaction and artificially supplied communication sounds progressively mind-numbing — when did dating become an episode of black mirror? Society is straying away from reality, creating distance between genuine interactions. As Artificial Intelligence becomes more sophisticated, humans become ignorant to individual connection. We imagine using a chat assistant to respond on dating apps is the online equivalent of taking conversational flashcards on a first date.

Simulation platforms are offering ‘Artificial Girlfriend’ experiences, where individuals can foster romantic relationships with AI chatbots. Anima, a ‘fun and flirty dating simulator’ allows users to engage in roleplay and grow love and grow relationship skills, for those who don’t want to learn from experience. You can chat as friends for free but have to pay a monthly fee to gain a relationship status: Anima is not a cheap date!

If Anima isn’t supplying enough real-life experiences for you, you can always sign up to the school of hard knocks with AngryGF, which replicates scenarios in which your wife or girlfriend is upset. The storylines run from “being late to a date” to “losing money on stocks” and there is even an “angry for no reason option.” The gamified format of the simulation is essentially expected to teach men about basic relationship requirements in a captivating way but has received backlash due to its sexist concepts of women. A robot trained to teach emotionally inept men how to become functioning human beings is as ironic as it sounds.

The contemporary world has people using dating as a personal development project rather than as an opportunity to meet new people and create lasting bonds; stuck in a scientific fantasy where the love of an Artificially Intelligent robot will become more lasting than that of a real human being.