{"id":499,"date":"2024-01-25T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/?p=499"},"modified":"2024-01-25T12:23:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:23:06","slug":"your-personal-digital-cupid-this-chatbot-filters-your-dating-app-matches-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/?p=499","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Your Personal Digital Cupid: This Chatbot Filters Your Dating App Matches for You&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/output1-91.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><i>&#8220;This Chatbot Screens Your Dating App Matches for You&#8221;<\/i><\/h6>\n<p>\n&#8220;As part of an overhaul for a dating platform due for 2023, a group of mobile designers decided to mimic the sensation of meeting at a party, with attendees drifting in and out of view.&#8221; But to add a cherry on top, they cranked up the awkward factor. Buckle up, singles! You&#8217;re in for a ride.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, folks, the future of online dating is here and it&#8217;s proudly strapped in a digital bouncer, who&#8217;s also a chatbot, to filter out your potential match. Welcome to the brave new world of involuntary surveillance, Volar style!<\/p>\n<p>Volar has taken the task of curating a date list from your whimpering, indecisive hands into the firm grip of its AI chatbot, who will serve as the gatekeeper to your future love life. With Volar, there&#8217;s no swiping left or right. Instead, engage in a riveting conversation with an AI designed to determine whether you are fit to chat with the real-life person.<\/p>\n<p>Questions like, &#8220;What do you do in your spare time?&#8221; &#8220;What&#8217;s your preferred top pizza topping?&#8221; and other such deep, revealing queries will stand between the hopeful single and their potential match. Fret not, though. This screening process is definitely not dystopian. Not at all.<\/p>\n<p>Remember folks, it&#8217;s all because Volar wants to enhance authenticity in the digital dating world because, clearly, nothing says &#8220;authentic&#8221; more than feeding personal anecdotes to a chatbot before you get to have a one-on-one with an actual human being. <\/p>\n<p>In case users try dodging the question or hesitating, the chatbot reacts by asking another question. Some might call it determination. Others may deem it as advanced nagging. But one thing&#8217;s for certain: Mobile designers have managed to cage the chaotic thrill of meeting new people at parties into the rigorous rigmarole of a digital questionnaire. Party on.<\/p>\n<p>On Volar, instead of eyeing someone from across the room and deciding to take the plunge, users must pass an Al-powered examination first. The chatbot, swift in its judgment, will order undesirables (as per its logic, of course) to &#8216;try again later.&#8217; This is the dawn of the AI-chaperoned romance era!<\/p>\n<p>Never before has the dating game been so easily gatekept, so scrupulously screened. And always remember, Volar&#8217;s chatbot knows best. After all, what&#8217;s more trustworthy than an AI judging your potential for romance? Your gut instincts perhaps? Oh, please!<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to engage in a later version of &#8216;speed-dating&#8217;, now aptly referred to as &#8216;screen-dating&#8217;? Brace yourselves, Volar members. This isn&#8217;t your average &#8216;meet cute&#8217;.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/volar-dating-app-chatbot-screen-matches\/\">Read the original article here: https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/volar-dating-app-chatbot-screen-matches\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Prepare for a new era of dating where AI is your gatekeeper to love. Don&#8217;t swipe right\u2014chat your way into someone&#8217;s heart via our discerning chatbot. 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