‘It shows such a laziness’: why I refuse to date someone who uses ChatGPT

<p>It’s the ultimate ick: trying to form a deep, lasting connection with a person who outsources original thought</p><p>It was a setting fit for a Nancy Meyers film. We were in Oregon wine country, in a rustic-chic barn that reeked of stealth wealth, for a friend’s rehearsal dinner. “This venue is perfect,” I told the groom-to-be. He leaned in as if to tell me a secret: “I found it on ChatGPT.”</p><p>I smiled tightly as this man described using generative AI for the initial stages of planning the wedding. (They also hired a human wedding planner.) I responded politely. Inside, however, I resolved: if my future spouse came to me with wedding input courtesy of ChatGPT, there would be no wedding.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/10/chatgpt-dating-ick">Continue reading...</a>