{"id":22585,"date":"2026-04-02T11:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/i-handed-over-my-dating-life-to-ai-i-dont-think-shell-see-me-again\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:37:14","slug":"i-handed-over-my-dating-life-to-ai-i-dont-think-shell-see-me-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/i-handed-over-my-dating-life-to-ai-i-dont-think-shell-see-me-again\/","title":{"rendered":"I handed over my dating life to AI. I don\u2019t think she\u2019ll see me again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In week five of Rhik Samadder\u2019s diary, our resident AI skeptic decided to let AI take the lead on a date. If uncanny valley was a conversational style, it\u2019s this<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m single. Is it because I am emotionally avoidant, waiting on a unicorn, or under 6ft tall? Perhaps a spicy meatball of all three?<\/p>\n<p>Or could it be that I haven\u2019t used the magic of AI yet?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/feb\/25\/i-handed-over-my-dating-life-to-ai-i-dont-think-shell-see-me-again\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/56ba0aae7f26fa119b68a96785237497762e3ed8\/0_0_3000_2400\/master\/3000.png?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5ec6653db2c3a894f96d110a1f0b2434\" title=\"I handed over my dating life to AI. I don\u2019t think she\u2019ll see me again\" \/>In week five of Rhik Samadder\u2019s diary, our resident AI skeptic decided to let AI take the lead on a date. If uncanny valley was a conversational style, it\u2019s this<br \/>\nI\u2019m single. Is it because I am emotionally avoidant, waiting on a unicorn, or under 6ft tall? Perhaps a spicy meatball of all three?<br \/>\nOr could it be that I haven\u2019t used the magic of AI yet? Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In week five of Rhik Samadder\u2019s diary, our resident AI skeptic decided to let AI take the lead on a date. If uncanny valley was a conversational style, it\u2019s this I\u2019m single. Is it because I am emotionally avoidant, waiting on a unicorn, or under 6ft tall? Perhaps a spicy meatball of all three? Or &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/i-handed-over-my-dating-life-to-ai-i-dont-think-shell-see-me-again\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I handed over my dating life to AI. I don\u2019t think she\u2019ll see me again<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22585"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}