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My date used AI to psychologically profile me. Is that OK?
Large language models are unaware of the offline context that sensitive information might be employed in.
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Generative AI is creating a very unequal online world - only those who have generated a lot of content can be deeply researched and analysed in this way.
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Jemima Kelly
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Anyone who has swum in the murky pool that is online dating knows it can sometimes be a grim place. It is wise, therefore, to carry out a spot of due diligence before turning up somewhere to meet a stranger from the internet, who may or may not be a jerk, energy vampire or indeed a fictional character created by a disgruntled former flame. I, alas, have personal experience of all three.
But a recent date took this idea and really ran with it. Not only had he googled me before our first encounter, but he had also asked ChatGPT’s new “deep research” tool to, well, deep-research me, and come up with a psychological profile. An eight-page psychological profile.
