"It was 3 a.m., and Adam Garcia was lying wide awake in bed, spinning out. The 45-year-old creative director, a self-described serial monogamist, had been trying his luck on dating apps after his long-term relationship ended in July 2024. Late last year, a woman whom we'll call Audrey caught his eye on Hinge. Audrey had stated on her Hinge profile that she was "still figuring out her relationship style" after her own yearslong relationship had dissolved, he recalls."
"A few months into dating, the unresolved questions of where the pair stood gnawed at him: Were they friends with benefits, a situationship? Were they inching toward a possible relationship, or becoming something else altogether? Garcia felt a "low-key panic attack" come over him, but at that hour, none of his friends were awake to deescalate."
"Prior to that night, Garcia had mostly used the AI service to riff on creative endeavors; once, he logged his dreams for a spell, then asked the chatbot to give him an audit of dream symbolism that had cropped up in his subconscious. (Later, while experimenting with Google's NotebookLM, he turned that audit into AI-generated podcast episodes and says "what it gave back was pretty cathartic.")"
Adam Garcia, 45, began using dating apps after a long-term relationship ended in July 2024 and connected with a woman called Audrey on Hinge. Audrey's profile indicated she was "still figuring out her relationship style" after a yearslong breakup. Months into dating, Garcia experienced nighttime anxiety over their ambiguous status and turned to ChatGPT, instructing it to ask targeted questions and provide an honest assessment. Garcia had previously used the AI for creative prompts and to audit dream symbolism, later converting those audits into AI-generated podcast episodes he found cathartic. He found ChatGPT's assessment highly accurate and helpful.
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