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Comment by ggm

Back before we thought intelligent machines were going to be a thing, (we're talking 1970s here) I discussed online dating with my brother, who proposed writing a simple DB to match random men with random women. Neither of us had considered the possibility. I think we'd got to the idea that if they both liked tennis, it was plausible to rank them higher. He got pretty quickly to "its unethical, but simple"

Now we have AI and intelligent machines. I'm sure onine dating does a better job matching people up. (/s for anyone who is humour impaired)

Actually, what works, is putting sweaty tee shirts in a bag, and letting women sniff. Turns out that how you smell is a pretty good indication of how likely it is, you can form an effective match.

So on that score, the first online love broker who manages to capture digital nose moments, probably wins.

Right now, I'd welcome good stats on how much better online relationship brokering does than other models. If you rank by income, you probably get more successful matches for rich people seeking partners for high value service, but there might be surprises: It wouldn't surprise me if down in the dollar-shop window, people do well, but better than random?

parent ggm 8 years ago

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