Dr. Raffaele Ciriello

The AI also has to be trained on large volumes of data to be effective, right?

So it doesn't work without

us all collectively giving away a lot of sensitive information most importantly of course by the dating platform the dating platform will have a treasure chest of information about us all which is very valuable to them but it also imposes a huge responsibility on that custodianship that they have over our private data

That is something that doesn't get talked about enough.

The fact that AI requires huge data centers that are big consumers of water, electricity, and rare earth minerals in the midst of a climate crisis and in the middle of a country, Australia, that is expected to face significant water shortages in some of its bigger population centers.

it just stuns me how we are nonetheless able to deploy large amounts of capital and resources into these ai models to to keep them running now that is that hasn't started with dating apps but it's of course going to add to the demand if in fact it turns out that these systems would be widely adopted and widely used then it's gonna add additional strain on our grids and the environment as well

So to me, I think a lot of it has to do with self knowledge, and one's self esteem and one sense of self worth, right?

In order to be a good partner, or a good asset on the dating market, if you will, you have to have some sort of self worth and self esteem, right?

And here's where I actually think AI can be helpful.

So what I see in my research,

with AI companions is that a lot of the benefits that people are getting out of these systems is that they learn more about themselves, right?

They're talking to these chatbots, not necessarily to replace a human partner, but to figure out who they are and what they like.

And I think that can be a good thing because once you figure that out, you're potentially more successful in finding a healthy relationship, right?

It always starts with ourselves.

Now, I don't want this to be interpreted as blaming the individual, because the reality is, even if you're like a very, you know, self-aware person, you're still in the market where a lot of people have been kind of,

primed on these optimizing for matches and hookup culture, right?

So it's still going to be very difficult.

So it's not the perfect solution.

It's a start to start within.

But we also need to figure out collectively, how do we build