He said, she said, it said: I used ChatGPT as a couple's counselor. How did we fare?
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One recent evening, my new boyfriend and I found ourselves in a spat.
I accused him of giving in to his anxious thoughts.
"It's hard to get out of my head," David said. "Mental spiraling is part of the nature of sensitivity sometimes — there's emotional overflow from that."
"Well, spiraling is bad," said I, a woman who spirals.
Our different communication styles fueled the tense exchange. While I lean practical and direct, he's contemplative and conceptual.
I felt we could benefit from a mediator. So, I turned to my new relationship consultant, ChatGPT.
AI enters the chat
Almost half of Generation Z uses artificial intelligence for dating advice, more than any other generation, according to a recent nationwide survey by Match. Anecdotally, I know women who've been consulting AI chatbots about casual and serious relationships alike. They gush over crushes, upload screenshots of long text threads for dissection, gauge long-term compatibility, resolve disagreements and even soundboard their sexts.
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Kat, a friend of mine who uses ChatGPT to weed out dating prospects, told me she found it pretty objective.
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