ChatGPT has provided troves of information to millions of people around the world – but how does it go with matters of the heart?
Specialised artificial intelligence dating advice app Meeno surveyed over 500 Australians aged 18-34 and found that more than 86 per cent had turned to ChatGPT or Google for dating and relationship advice, with 25 per cent specifically naming ChatGPT as their source of advice.
Men were almost three times more likely to use the AI than women, with 15 per cent of female participants using ChatGPT, compared to 41 per cent of men, the study also found.
“We found that less than half of young people feel ‘very comfortable’ being vulnerable about interpersonal issues with even their best friend, with only 1 in 10 people feeling comfortable opening up to their wider friendship group,” Renate Nyborg, founder and CEO of Meeno, told 9news.com.au.
Professor of computer science and leader of the University of Sydney’s Human Centred Technology Research Cluster, Judy Kay, said people can learn to use tools like ChatGPT to help them think through ideas about relationships and dating, but noted that these tools do not understand the complexities of the human experience.
“Tools like ChatGPT answer your questions based on large language models built by analysing huge collections of documents,” Kay said.
“That is a long way from understanding relationships, it is on a completely different level.
“You could write a prompt asking for ideas about how to tackle your problem, then ask more questions to get different perspectives, that could help you think things through.”
Kay also said it’s important to learn how to use these tools well.
“Writing good prompts makes a huge difference,” she said.
“Do it well and you might be able to find creative ways to think about things.”
(9 NEWS)
