First date last night? Now AI can reveal if it went well…or if your date found you boring
- AI works out how well dates have gone by measuring sweat, breathing, and heart
- The more these synchronise, the more likely the people involved are compatible
- Scientists are looking at develop an app that gives ‘honest feedback’ about dates
Worried your Valentine’s date hasn’t gone well?
An app could soon tell whether a second one is on the cards… or if they simply found you boring.
AI can now work out how well dates have gone by measuring how much each person is sweating, how quick they’re breathing, and how fast their hearts are beating.
The more these synchronise, the more likely the two people involved are compatible, according to the study by the University of Cincinnati.
Scientists behind the technology are looking at developing it into an app that can give romantics ‘honest feedback’ about their dates – or themselves.
Worried your Valentine’s date hasn’t gone well? An app could soon tell whether a second one is on the cards… or if they simply found you boring (stock image)
AI can now work out how well dates have gone by measuring how much each person is sweating, how quick they’re breathing, and how fast their hearts are beating. Pictured: the experimental setup
Lead researcher Iman Chatterjee said: ‘The computer could tell if you’re a bore.’
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The study – published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing – is among the first of its kind to work out how well a conversation is going based solely on vital signs.
It relies on a phenomenon known as ‘physiological synchrony’, which shows how deeply engaged two people are by how well their heart, respiration and perspiration rates match up.
The AI was able to tell the difference between four different conversation scenarios with 75 per cent accuracy – even when the two people met over Zoom.
Mr Chatterjee said physiological synchrony is likely an evolutionary adaptation.
Humans evolved to share and collaborate with each other, which manifests even at a subconscious level, he said.
‘It is certainly no coincidence.
‘We only notice physiological synchrony when we measure it, but it probably creates a better level of coordination.’
The degree of synchrony also correlates with how much empathy a patient perceives from a therapist or the level of engagement students feel with their teachers.
He said: ‘A modified version of our system could measure the level of interest a person is taking in the conversation, how compatible the two of you are and how engaged the other person is in the conversation.’
WHAT ARE THE FIVE STAGES OF A RELATIONSHIP AND HOW DO THEY AFFECT THE BODY?
Psychologists suggest there are five stages of love – butterflies, building, assimilation, honesty and stability.
Each of these stages has a different impact on our psyche and health, researchers at eHarmony found in a 2014 survey.
1) Butterflies
Marked by intense infatuation and sexual attraction, symptoms noted by couples included weight loss (30 per cent) and a lack of productivity (39 per cent).
Biologically, it’s reported that during this early stage of dating, both men and women create more of the sex hormones testosterone and oestrogen.
As a result more than half – 56 per cent – noted an increase in their libido.
Psychologists suggest there are five stages of love – butterflies, building, assimilation, honesty and stability
2) Building
As the initial attraction gives way to learning more about one another, the honeymoon stage subsides and a couple begin to build their relationship.
eHarmony’s study estimated around three per cent of Britons in relationship are currently at stage two.
The body releases neurochemicals called monoamines, which speed up heart rate, trigger rushes of intense pleasure and replicate the effects of Class A drugs.
The biological effect culminates in a feeling of ‘happy anxiety’, where people can think of little else than their blossoming relationship.
Forty-four per cent of the study participants noted a lack of sleep while 29 per cent reported a their attention span had been adversely affected.
3) Assimilation
Having established whether the other person is ‘right’, stage three forces a couple to question whether the ‘relationship’ itself is right.
Questions over the future of the union and forming boundaries in the relationship can lead to a rise in stress levels, reported by 27 per cent of those taking part in the study.
Each of the five stages of a relationship has a different impact on our psyche and health, researchers at eHarmony found in a 2014 survey (stock image)
4) Honesty
Stage three combines with stage four, where people open up showing the ‘real you’ sees the first real rise in stress levels and anxiety.
‘This stage deals with the concept behind how we all put on our best faces, through social media we edit our lives as well as our pictures to make it appear as though everything is fine,’ psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos, who assisted with the study, told MailOnline.
Opening up completely triggered feelings of doubt and increased vulnerability in 15 per cent of participants.
5) Stability
If a couple can weather the emotional rollercoaster of the first four stages, the fifth and final stage, stability, brings with it increased levels of trust and intimacy.
eHarmony found 50 per cent of respondents had reached this stage, and 23 per cent reported feeling happier as a result.
Biologically, vasopressin – a powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm – strengthens feelings of attachment.
Meanwhile oxytocin – released during childbirth – deepens feelings of attachment.
‘This is where we see a real level of contentness,’ Dr Papadopolous told MailOnline.
‘We found the body releases wonderful hormones which helps couples bond. We noted a real sense of attachment, and a sense of “you have got my back and I’ve got yours”.’
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