Grindr proposes ‘AI wingman’ to optimize away the gay sex bit

2 years ago by David Gerard to c/techtakes

Gay dating app Grindr is bringing you an “AI wingman.” Grindr CEO George Arison suggests the AI wingmen could even just talk to each other directly — it “saves the humans time”! [WSJ, archive] Grin…
bitofhope 29 points 2 years ago

"if we don’t do it, someone else will"

Ohh yes, if Grindr doesn't feed Grindr users's chats, which only the users involved and possibly Grindr itself are presumably privy to, to an LLM, someone else will.

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ShakingMyHead 5 points 2 years ago

And, of course, we know that once one company uses those chats, it becomes literally impossible for anyone else to use them.

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Maalus -5 points 2 years ago

I mean other apps are already doing it so he's right

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Ifera 27 points 2 years ago

No thanks, this pic gets me great enough results as it is.

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cwood 24 points 2 years ago

You know how sometimes you use a grocery app and it's fairly obvious that the people writing them don't spend time in grocery stores? I'm getting that same impression here.

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swlabr 22 points 2 years ago

App that is plagued by bot accounts thinks that adding more bot-nature will improve quality

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Maalus -6 points 2 years ago

Every dating app is full of bots and dead accounts. Comes with the territory.

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swlabr 5 points 2 years ago

oh hey looks like lemmy is plagued by bots too.

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Maalus -8 points 2 years ago

You implying something?

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swlabr 5 points 2 years ago

A bot unable to perform inference? Absolutely tracks.

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Soyweiser 0 points 2 years ago
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DavidGarcia 20 points 2 years ago

Now let us embark on a journey and delve right into your asshole and explore the rich vibrant tapestry of your colon

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Al0neStar 14 points 2 years ago

This reminds me that the 'Instructions unclear' jokes are now actually a reality thanks to LLMs.

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slopjockey 20 points 2 years ago

Does the (straight) CEO not realize how easy it is to get laid off Grindr? It's an Ok Cupid-style grid, and there's a profile flag you can set that literally says "yes please, send me NSFW pics". You can literally send you hole/pole to everyone who would want to see it in a 3 mile radius

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dgerard 9 points 2 years ago

lol i wasn't aware he was actually straight

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slopjockey 26 points 2 years ago

Actually I was wrong, the guy is gay and married. But he IS a trumper, so I probably got mixed up.

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dgerard 23 points 2 years ago

can we declare him straight anyway

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mirrorwitch 22 points 2 years ago

The representative of the fascist party in Germany says she's "lesbian but not queer". I think it's the same case.

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maol 15 points 2 years ago

Grindr has been used to out people everywhere from Palestine to Egypt to Chechnya to America, so training a chaotic, insecure LLM on user data seems like the privacy disaster from hell.

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beefbot 14 points 2 years ago

Oh for FUCKS SAKE do not let AI in the way of my GENITALS

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dgerard 9 points 2 years ago

Citizen, the computer has removed the need for the pounding sodomy, are you not delighted

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beefbot 6 points 2 years ago

I am delighted! For I won the victory over myself! I fuck Big Brother 🤡🤪🍆✨🐽🎉

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dgerard 11 points 2 years ago

OK I've got it right! we do DRM, right, but for condoms

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skillissuer 10 points 2 years ago

this is just zizek's perfect date but gay and with chatbots

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YourNetworkIsHaunted 9 points 2 years ago

I don't think "going to a random place the algorithm told you to and having sex with whoever else is there" is nearly as common a fetish as it would have to be for this to be anything approaching a viable concept.

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maol 7 points 2 years ago

Eurgh!

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Shitgenstein1 4 points 2 years ago

Covert conversion therapy by setting you up with the absolute worst humanity has to offer.

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