What happened
Hinge daters in San Francisco are writing anti-AI lines into profile prompts, including 'Fuck AI' and 'You should not go out with me if… you use AI,' Helen Li reports.
Why it matters
Dating profiles are becoming a place to screen partners by their views on AI, the same way people signal politics or other values.
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San Francisco's dating scene has absorbed the AI debate that started with OpenAI's ChatGPT release in 2022. The Verge's Helen Li spent a month talking to people at parties and coworking spaces and reviewing dating directories, and found AI feelings showing up next to political signifiers in profiles. Some daters weigh the financial upside of a partner in AI: matchmakers say clients now specify 'AI engineer,' and the average salary of an AI researcher can be around $300,000. Others are more wary, with 'Stop the AI' rallies spreading to events like Salesforce's Dreamforce and OpenAI's DevDay. At a 'Date My Friend' pitch event in the Mission District, one person introduced a friend with 'He works in tech, but he's unhappy about it,' and attendees joked their slides were clearly made by humans. A turn toward in-person events is also noted, with cofounder Annalise Wulf saying tech workers with crazy schedules want analog ways to meet.
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