Are the days of Tinder Swipes numbered?

Since the emergence of social media, our view of reality has changed dramatically. Many people can no longer tell what’s real from what’s fake, and with AI it’s getting even harder. Fake photos are everywhere—this isn’t news anymore.

OpenAI’s New Image Generator

Something new has just appeared: OpenAI has released an amazing image generator built right into ChatGPT (not yet available via API). It doesn’t just create brand-new images; it can also modify existing ones. Since GPT-4 no longer depends on an external model like DALL·E, it can produce images more realistic than ever.

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A Sneak Peek at the Ethics Debate

I recently saw an interesting experiment where someone used this feature to tweak their own photo for resume headshots—and it worked ridiculously well. That sparked a long, heated ethics discussion in the comments. Watch it for yourself here:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/how-to-ai-guide_how-to-get-professional-headshots-with-chatgpt-activity-7311437832814833664-K7Ct/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAFTTUvwBEViTL_pyRBWTgCcGafJgAvwULPI

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What Does This Mean for Bumble, Tinder and Online Dating?

A lot—because the same way we can now craft perfect business photos, we can also create images that showcase every trait we think the opposite sex wants to see (even if most of those traits are actually secondary, but that’s another topic).

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A 5-Minute Bumble Makeover

Here’s a super-simple experiment you can do in under five minutes. Start with a typical, maybe boring, Bumble profile photo of a business guy.

Then use ChatGPT’s image feature to bring out his “personality”:

Fitness Fan
Prompt: works out and without glasses please

Dog Lover
Prompt: casual look walking the dog in the city

Fun Traveler
Prompt: Drinking Coconut in Hawaii

And that’s just the start—social butterfly, loves kids… it’s all just a prompt away.

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The Bigger Picture

As you can see, images—and soon even text, audio, and video—can’t be trusted as proof of who someone really is. I wish it had never been this way. Now, more than ever, we need to refocus on authenticity and the qualities that truly matter—ideally face to face. Maybe the era of Swiping is numbered.