I won’t go digging back through my chat histories but let’s just say some people are veryyyyy bad at it.
LAURA: Yeah, it can be really hard for some people to know what to say. Because, the thing is communicating with a stranger, especially over text. LAURA: Yeah, but it can also be so painful. LEAH: I’ve always thought that sounded kind of fun? You know, casual flirting, the excitement of possibility, wondering if there will be that magical spark… LAURA: Right, yeah, so the thing about online dating and dating apps is that even when you match with someone, you still have to like…get to know them and figure out if you like them enough to bother meeting in person. So anyway, online dating? Swipe left swipe right? Double tap? LEAH: No, I met my boyfriend pre-Tinder, if you can believe it. LAURA: Well, I do actually want to talk to you about something related to Valentine’s Day.
LEAH: So we hate day and we celebrate a terrible day, as always.
It’s pretty, Hallmark-y and gross and we don’t totally buy into it. I mean, it’s, you know, we were talking about this before. Did you have a day full of chocolate and roses? Art by Michiko Toki and original music by Mogli Maureal. Special thanks to Pat Joseph and Margie Cullen. This episode was written and hosted by Laura Smith and Leah Worthington and produced by Coby McDonald. Janelle Shane’s book, You Look Like A Thing and I Love You.Inside Hook article about AI generated pick-up lines.Episode 7 of The Edge about robots that write poetry.Janelle Shane’s blogpost about her flirty bot.Artificial intelligence is already helping us compose emails and complete sentences, so why stop there? Laura and Leah talk to the founder of Keys about the possibilities-and dangers-of letting robots do the talking for us. Should you play it cute? Ask a thought-provoking question? Woo them with a witty remark? One entrepreneur thinks he has the answer: robot-generated text. It’s not easy coming up with the perfect opening line on Tinder. Subscribe, and continue listening to The Edge on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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