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When Aleksandr Zhadan used ChatGPT to talk to over 5,000 women on Tinder, it was a sign of things to come.
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more sophisticated and easily available, online dating is facing an onslaught of AI-powered fraud. The industry, which is dominated by a small number of incumbents, has already proven slow to respond to long-standing problems on its apps. AI will be its moment of reckoning — there are even apps that can help people write their messages.
Opponents of dating apps may be happy to see the industry crash and burn. The rest of us should worry.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Neil McArthur is the director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba.
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