AI, algorithms and apps: can dating be boiled down to a science?

Published: May 16, 2024, 4:01 a.m.

Last week the founder of the dating app Bumble forecasted a near future dating landscape where AI \u2018dating concierges\u2019 filter out prospective partners for us. But does AI, or even science, really understand what makes two people compatible? Madeleine Finlay speaks to Amie Gordon, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, to find out what we know about why two people go the distance, and why she and her colleague associate professor of sociology Elizabeth Bruch, are designing their own dating app to learn more.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod