jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe app that promised to ‘use AI to weed out daters with STIs’ has been shut downwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1240arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1237arrow-down1external-linkThe app that promised to ‘use AI to weed out daters with STIs’ has been shut downwww.theverge.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoHow do bad ideas like this ever get off the ground?
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down2·5 months agoBecause idiots salivate any time something novel promises to confirm their biases.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoThe bias being what in this case?
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoThe bias is believing any nonsense about “AI”. It’s widespread and hegemonic at this point.
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down15·5 months agoThat shacking up with random people can/should be perfectly safe.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoThat’s not a bias, that’s just stupid.
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoNobody said a bias can’t be stupid.
minus-squarebest_username_ever@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoYet another AI scam is never a bad idea if you want to get funds.
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How do bad ideas like this ever get off the ground?
Because idiots salivate any time something novel promises to confirm their biases.
The bias being what in this case?
The bias is believing any nonsense about “AI”. It’s widespread and hegemonic at this point.
That shacking up with random people can/should be perfectly safe.
That’s not a bias, that’s just stupid.
Nobody said a bias can’t be stupid.
Tech bro: AI😎 Investors: 😱💵
Yet another AI scam is never a bad idea if you want to get funds.
Stupid money