Carmi Levy

I'm a little more comfortable in my own skin now, but I remember being 27, freshly separated from my ex and having to date and the anxiety of it.

Like I would be shaking going into these dates.

Is that someone this could be good for?

Someone who's really anxious, doesn't know what to say and might like a little practice.

So how can things like this help us deal with rejection?

And honestly, it's not so far-fetched.

If you're scared of public speaking, you might take a course like Toastmasters and deal with your feelings of the audience rejecting you.

It's not so different from something like that.

So how can this help us?

Honestly, relatable.

I feel like...

Rejection is, it's a common part of dating.

I got a juicy question for you.

There are people that criticize AI romantic tools as some sort of emotional substitute for human connection.

I might be one of those people.

How do you design something like this to act as a bridge to future human connection rather than a replacement?

I mean, when we hear AI dating bot, we worry, okay, this person's going to think they're in a real relationship with the bot.

How do we basically use tools like this to actually help people date and help people make real human connection?

Let's talk about the tool then.

What are the ways in which it helped people who you were doing this test, this trial with?