Exploration of a new dating app created at the University of Michigan, emphasizing on identity verification, survey data collection, and research-oriented design to understand user decisions and emotions. The app stands out for following relationships over time for research purposes and setting up first dates in a lab to gather valuable data on initial interactions.
Last week the founder of the dating app Bumble forecasted a near future dating landscape where AI ‘dating concierges’ 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
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