What would be the optimal way of finding partners, or simply people you would like to spend time with, among 7+ billion people? Here's my answer* : train an A.

What would be the optimal way of finding partners, or simply people you would like to spend time with, among 7+ billion people? Here's my answer* : train an A.I to "flirt"/"have conversations" with others A.I. Use reinforcement learning to tailor the A.I. to specific users. Nice, everyone now has their own personal I.A. that can go on dates with other personal A.I. Thousands of them per second, if needs be. If the system works well enough that A.I.s "get along" as well as their human models would (/would not), you have found a very nice way to perform a "double blind" matching platform. Feed back the results after you go on a real date! "A.I." here could be anywhere on the spectrum of a simple regexp, to neural networks, to AGI. Of course, in my experience, shared experience is a big part of what makes relationships (non romantic, and prob. otherwise), while previous experiences or interests are a way to discover things to do together (or recall shared experiences), so this can't replace getting out and sharing activities. * TBH, that's just shower thoughts, but could turn into a fun research/week-end/startup/fediverse project (or just a writing prompt for a novel). Edit: split this post in two different ones.