So, setting entirely aside the fact that Grindr caters to gay men (and women?) and I’m straight… this gets a “hell no” on price alone before we even get to the AI.
For $500 a month a dating app better be getting me laid at least 3-4 times a month, and even that’s egregious because it’s not like the other person is getting paid. They aren’t. So in straight dating, you have a vastly greater population of men looking for women. But even if you pay the app $500 a month, the women still have the right to say no. I mean, of course they do. What is the expectation? That you’re buying sex? That’s illegal most places. Now if you’re going to use AI to influence the outcome, to embellish your profile and enhance your features, that’s an attempt to bypass consent through omission or misdirection, which is a violation of trust. So even if I liked AI and saw it as useful, I would consider this a scummy use of it, not related to my feelings about the technology, but strictly due to my own personal integrity.
Of course, one’s personal integrity is a good reason to say “fuck AI,” but in this case, the negative feelings toward AI are not needed at all. It’s just scummy for more intrinsic reasons. But I think it’s easy for guys to say “well I’ve been having a dry spell, I might sub for one month”… okay but would you want your sister, daughter, niece, female cousin, or female friend to be duped or catfished like that? No, you probably wouldn’t. So don’t fucking do it to another person.
So, setting entirely aside the fact that Grindr caters to gay men (and women?) and I’m straight… this gets a “hell no” on price alone before we even get to the AI.
For $500 a month a dating app better be getting me laid at least 3-4 times a month, and even that’s egregious because it’s not like the other person is getting paid. They aren’t. So in straight dating, you have a vastly greater population of men looking for women. But even if you pay the app $500 a month, the women still have the right to say no. I mean, of course they do. What is the expectation? That you’re buying sex? That’s illegal most places. Now if you’re going to use AI to influence the outcome, to embellish your profile and enhance your features, that’s an attempt to bypass consent through omission or misdirection, which is a violation of trust. So even if I liked AI and saw it as useful, I would consider this a scummy use of it, not related to my feelings about the technology, but strictly due to my own personal integrity.
Of course, one’s personal integrity is a good reason to say “fuck AI,” but in this case, the negative feelings toward AI are not needed at all. It’s just scummy for more intrinsic reasons. But I think it’s easy for guys to say “well I’ve been having a dry spell, I might sub for one month”… okay but would you want your sister, daughter, niece, female cousin, or female friend to be duped or catfished like that? No, you probably wouldn’t. So don’t fucking do it to another person.
If I understand Grindr correctly 3-4 times a month are rookie numbers.