Happy ending after dev uses AI to ‘date’ 5,239 women

An AI developer has found his “happily ever after” after a self-reported year-long experiment using ChatGPT and other AI tools to date more than 5,000 women on Tinder.

In a Jan. 30 thread on X, TenChat product manager Alexander Zhadan announced he’s getting married in August to artificial intelligence (AI)-endorsed soulmate Karina Imranovna after whittling down 5,239 Tinder matches using an AI system he devised.

It filtered out women according to his red flags, made small talk on his behalf, booked dates and even helped him propose to his now-fiancee.

In a 37-part thread, Zhadan revealed he started the experiment a year after his ex-girlfriend (who now claims they were just friends) ended their two-year relationship in 2021. Returning to dating, Zhadan said his Tinder relationships “went to a dead end” within weeks.

Zhadan began the project after gaining access to the GPT-3 application programming interface, or API, in 2022, explaining it was initially a simple script that would “swipe right” to women with more than two photos on their profile.

The V1 worked on the request “find the best one, keep in touch,” but at the same time, the system often forgot information, was limited to communicating on Tinder, and occasionally communicated poorly.

However, after the release of ChatGPT in late November 2022, his system got an upgrade to “V2.”

This paired ChatGPT with photo recognition software that could filter out women whose profiles had zodiac signs, explicit photos and other personalized criteria. 

The V2 system divided the databases into general and personal messages, muted replies, and replies to several messages. It added photo recognition using FlutterFlow, created trust levels for sharing personal information and could write messages itself.

Chat-up GPT

The upgrade also enabled his AI bot to sound more like him when talking to his Tinder matches.

However, the system sometimes promised his dates flowers or chocolates without his knowledge and occasionally double-booked him for dates.

Zahadan used the combination of v1 and v2 to find the most suitable date. While at first he would ask v1 to talk about his childhood, parents, goals, and values, he later transferred the data to v2, speeding up compatibility. This system helped him find more than 4000 matches per month on Tinder Gold.

“This time, there are 4943 matches per month on Tinder Gold, and it’s scary to count how many meetings,” said Zhadan.

Eventually, Zhadan said he limited his interactions to just four women at a time and ended up getting on “serious terms” with just one: Karina.