Three years ago I was enjoying a tasty grilled seabass at my favorite Turkish restaurant in Midtown with a friend from out of town. It was his first time in NYC and he was eager to explore the city’s landmarks, culinary scene and … dating scene!
He downloaded Tindr and began conversations with multiple people. I have found dating app conversations to be boring and awful and I believe no one except society’s most extreme sociopaths enjoy dating app banter. To make matters worse for my friend, English is his third language (He’s European). However, forunately for my friend he had a secret weapon … ChatGPT!
Anytime he started a conversation he would use ChatGPT to navigate the conversation and craft responses. As I listened to him, I thought of the person he was speaking to. I imagined her at a loss of what to say herself, plugging my friend’s response back into ChatGPT.
The future we have arrived at involves AI Agents rizzing up other AI Agents while us humans sit quietly on the sidelines. I am cynical enough to believe that this will only get worse and most communication will be meditated through AI assisstants. Although it may be difficult I hope this never happens at Sarj. I hope we make sure emotions and human connection are never meditated away for convenience’s sake.