The Guardian reported on the arrival of β€œFate” and, friends, I laughed. Or maybe I cried.

It’s apparently the first β€œagentic AI dating app”. An AI personality named β€œFate” interviews users, runs data matches on their hopes and dreams, then suggests five potential matches based on the hard data of observable complementary language patterning, β€œNo swiping involved!”.

It has been followed by similar AI-based matching platforms Sitch and Keeper in the US. In the platform variations, you can detail preference data down to hair colour, you can be coached in how to approach your date by the animated electronic voice of a dataset, and you can weep for the end of human connection and the loveless wasteland of consumer narcissism we have built for ourselves.

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