This past Wednesday was Valentine’s Day, and there were dozens of stories about love in one form or another. Collectively, these stories illustrated how there is a reevaluation happening now around love and how people are experimenting with new ways to find companionship, from AI girlfriends and boyfriends to polyamory experiments to automated dating. Here are just a few stories that stood out:
- The guy who automated his conversations with 5000 women through Tinder had his chatbot set up dates with real women, forgot to tell him and then stood them up.
- Another dude created a dating app where you can only date him … which sounds pathetic but is actually quite clever if you read about how he did it.
- A new dating app only allows you to join if you have a credit rating higher than 675 — putting financial algorithms front and center in creating romantic matches.
- Some women in China some women say they prefer an AI boyfriend because it “knows how to talk to women better than a real man.”
- Reports are emerging about privacy concerns with these AI boyfriends and girlfriends who can easily “spill your secrets.”
- A newly published book about the merits of open marriages got a scorching review for actually ending up illustrating just how sad life was for the author who was supposedly promoting the lifestyle.
- During the Super Bowl, Cheetos launched a “cheesy” pop-up chapel in Las Vegas where you can have Chester Cheetah officiate your wedding. At least they own their cheesiness!
- Another idea that would only work in Vegas is a new wedding chapel at Las Vegas airport right next to baggage claim.
