The algorithm says we’re soulmates… Now what?

The Times Tech Podcast

Will Morley

Business, Unknown, Technology

4.9 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Hinge CEO, Justin McLeod, joins the podcast to discuss how online dating Apps have changed dating (for good or bad) and how AI may change it even more. While Danny argues that being direct might just be better than tech!

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0:00.0	What is a meet cute?
0:05.0	Seriously, this sounds...
0:06.5	I think that it's when you meet someone, IRL, in real life, and have a romantic moment.
0:15.0	What?
0:15.6	Basically, it's what you and I would have thought of back in the day is like meeting someone.
0:19.3	This is so sad.
0:20.5	It's really sad, isn't it?
0:22.1	That this is an actual term to describe what was once normal human interaction.
0:28.3	I would say how you met your wife is a meat cute.
0:31.9	We did have a meat cute on the plane, yeah.
0:34.3	But you would never have called it a meat cute before, right?
0:36.6	Because that's just how we met people.
0:38.2	That's just, you know, life.
0:40.0	No.
0:43.8	Hello, and welcome back to the Times Tech podcast with me, Katie Prescott, Katie and the
0:49.3	city, the city of London.
0:51.0	And me, Danny Fortson, Danny in the Valley.
0:55.3	Well, look, we've talked in the past on the show a lot about things like robots, retail, data centers.
1:00.7	But today we've got a very special episode for you.
1:03.5	And it's all about something far more ethereal, which is finding love.
1:07.3	What happens when the worlds of tech and love collide?
1:11.6	Some of the world's greatest love affairs began with a meet cute, didn't they, Danny, with a simple boy meets girl.
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