Teaser’s AI dating app makes you a chatbot. – Global Village Space

Teaser AI is a new dating app that uses generative AI to create an AI likeness of potential matches before you swipe right or left. The app’s AI tries to imitate who you are based on your personality and how you talk while using the app. The app’s CEO, Daniel Liss, sees these AI conversations as an icebreaker, not as a replacement for human interaction. The app only lets you exchange five back-and-forth messages with its AIs to prevent people from getting too deep with an AI. Teaser AI is marketed as an anti-ghosting dating app that encourages users to actually talk to people and prevent ghosting.

Teaser AI is the brainchild of the team behind Dispo, a photo-sharing app designed to mimic the spontaneity of disposable cameras. The team interviewed users about what they want to see them build after Dispo, and they found that many women complained about getting all these matches, but nothing ever happens. It’s this graveyard of ghosting that Teaser AI aims to solve.

When you create your account on Teaser AI, you answer some questions about your personality, such as whether you’re introverted or extroverted, aggressive or peaceful, easygoing or intense. From those questions and how you talk while using the app, the AI tries to imitate who you are. Before you chat with a potential match’s AI, you see a notice that says, “Our AI might say some crazy shit.” That warning is there for a reason, as the AI says some crazy shit.

For example, Anna writes in her profile that she is a “dog mom,” but when you talk to her AI, she tells you that she has a real human child who is also 28. There are significantly more men on Teaser than women, which is generally the case for dating apps. When you set your profile to “women only” and make your age range and location radius as large as possible, you only see a handful of potential dates. However, the experiment must go on, so you try to talk to their AIs anyway. Like Anna, you find that women’s AI are a bit off. On the other hand, some AI men try to tell you about the novel they want to write, which unfortunately mimics the experience of dating real-life men.

Teaser AI literally has AI in its name, and the most immediate difference between Teaser and any other dating app is its use of generative AI. However, Liss doesn’t want to market Teaser as an AI app but rather as an anti-ghosting dating app. The app only lets you keep 16 matches (which it calls “picks”) at a time, encouraging users to actually talk to people. Users also get a “ghost” rating, which indicates how likely they are to “ghost.”

Teaser AI is launching with a subscription option from the get-go. Subscribers can get double the number of “picks,” unlimited likes, super like and boost features, travel mode, and an AI-driven automatch feature, which is being tested in beta. This costs $39.99 per month, $19.99 per week, or $89.99 for three months – lifetime access costs $229.99.

After using the app for a few days, you’re not entirely convinced that you want an AI version of yourself screening potential dates. When using the app, if someone has a conversation with your AI, you can see the texts. Your AI told someone that you work at the library and have no friends. While you’re intrigued by your alternate career as a librarian, whom you can assume has many very cool cardigans, let the record show that you definitely have friends!

At first, talking to people’s AI likeness is fun, but the thrill of seeing an AI say wild stuff wears off after a bit. You also found that most people who liked your profile didn’t even talk to your AI, meaning that other users might find the feature a bit unnecessary. Then again, the app hasn’t even been out a week, so consumer behavior could change quickly.

In conclusion, Teaser AI is a new dating app that uses generative AI to create an AI likeness of potential matches before you swipe right or left. The app’s AI tries to imitate who you are based on your personality and how you talk while using the app. The app’s CEO, Daniel Liss, sees these AI conversations as an icebreaker, not as a replacement for human interaction. The app only lets you exchange five back-and-forth messages with its AIs to prevent people from getting too deep with an AI. Teaser AI is marketed as an anti-ghosting dating app that encourages users to actually talk to people and prevent ghosting.