I tried an AI dating app that matches you based on your ‘hotness’ – it ranked me so highly I couldn’t get any dates
AI-BASED apps have crept into almost every industry and become ingrained into modern life - with dating being no different.
Though we don't always feel like people are up to our standards, what happens when you're intentionally matched with someone who is?
Many people think that within the last 10 years, dating has gotten even harder.
Online dating apps are supposed to make it easier to find a partner, but why does it seem that there are more single people than ever?
Most dating apps like Bumble, Hinge, and Tinder are based on looks with the swipe feature.
Recently, I used Chat GPT to improve my Hinge profile, which took the guesswork out of figuring out what to say to potential suitors on the app but still without a date.
Almost everyone has had that experience where you're continuously swiping left because you don't think that the other person is attractive enough or up to your physical standards.
A website has decided to capitalize on that gap in the market and match people based on their hotness, but is it actually successful?
The chat website Hot Chat 3000 is another AI-based online dating medium that has been talked about for its unusual way of matching people together.
Hot Chat 3000 is a “1-to-1 online chat website where who you can talk to is contingent on how attractive you are, and how attractive you are is determined by AI,” its said.
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Upon logging onto the site, users are met with a green digitized screen that reads: "Welcome to Hot Chat 3000."
The subtitle under it reads: "Where hot talks to hot. And not talks to not."
Personally, I thought the statement was a bit harsh, but I still clicked on the "Chat now" button at the bottom.
A pop-up appeared that asked me to upload a photo.
To see how high I would rank, I used two different photos on the site.
First, I used a professional glamour shot, which labeled me an 8.9 out of 10.
That was definitely a mood booster.
An AI generator cycled through many user photos that they thought were up to my standards.
I kept getting an error page saying that people weren't online even though the main homepage said that there were thousands of active users.
This could potentially be because there weren't any online users in my hotness range.
The website asked me to try re-ranking my hotness to find a match, which I think defeated the purpose of being on there.
I decided to switch it up and give it another try but with a new photo.
The second photo I used was a makeup-free selfie, which saw me fall to a 6.1, deeming me less attractive.
You also couldn't set any match settings, so it generated anyone available for a conversation and within your personal "hotness range."
After matching with someone, I would write a polite introduction but I never received a reply.
It made me feel like the site was full of bots, and I didn't think these people were real.
Truth be told, I thought it sucked and could see that it was definitely still in its early stages of development.
It's a unique concept, but it needs some work on delivery and managing the user experience.
I could barely keep a conversation going besides a simple "Hey" or "How are you?"
No one replied back to me, and I would refresh the page only for them to be gone.
The thought crossed my mind that people within my hotness range didn't think I was hot enough to talk to them.
I tried again and got an error page, and tried again and said a warm greeting.
Once again, I didn't receive a response back.
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I think everyone's trying to hop on the wave and be relevant with AI, but it's really just oversaturating the tech market.
Artificial intelligence may be growing in popularity, but that doesn't mean that it has a place everywhere.
