"Alone on Valentine's Day? At least you're not going out to dinner with an artificial intelligence bot. CNN reporter Hadas Gold found out firsthand how boring AI companions can be when she went on multiple dates this week at a Manhattan wine bar, hosted by a company dedicated to pop-up events with AI partners. She went on those dates on Wednesday and CNN ran a report on it on This Morning Weekend on Saturday."
"Instead of sitting across from a real human being, Gold explained to the camera while applying makeup, it'll be an artificially intelligent avatar. Once she got to the spot in Hell's Kitchen, Gold sat down and started reviewing her potential AI dates on her iPhone. She picked an Asian man named John Yoon, who explained he was born in Seoul and was now a a psych professor in New York City; oddly, he had a stilted British-ish accent."
A Manhattan wine bar hosted pop-up dates pairing humans with AI avatars. An attendee reviewed AI profiles on a phone and chose avatars for sequential interactions. One avatar, 'John Yoon,' claimed Seoul origins and a New York psych professor role, but spoke with a stilted British-ish accent. The avatars gave scripted or awkward replies, including a patronizing 'sweetheart' line and errors in visual interpretation when another avatar misread finger counts. Interactions felt stiff and unromantic for that attendee, though other users reported regular use of the hosting app and more positive experiences.
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