the show weaves together five stories, including that of a computer scientist who creates the ultimate algorithm one that supposedly finds everyone their perfect partner. voice-over: you are not alone. sign up today and answer a short questionnaire, endure some mild brain scanning under observational conditions and hey, presto! the video rapidly exposes you to a series of stimuli while the app tracks neurological responses faces, places, abstract patterns, cartoon characters, charming landscapes. the mini brain scanning headband thingy also checks your sweat or something, looking for pheromones. in a way, this is taking the idea of the dating apps that we have nowadays to its logical conclusion. when we talk about the fact that with enough data, we might be able to find, with the right algorithm, the right mate, as it were, it kind of sounds horrific on the surface but, actually, thinking about it a bit more, what s wrong with that? that actually sounds
that was the question you asked yourself before using the app, but you didn t like phrasing it that way. it made it seem like you were incomplete, and that wasn t true. the show weaves together five stories, including that of a computer scientist who creates the ultimate algorithm, one that supposedly finds everyone their perfect partner. you are not alone. sign up today and answer a short questionnaire, endure some mild brain scanning under observational conditions and hey, presto! the video rapidly exposes you to a series of stimuli, while the app tracks neurological responses, faces places, abstract patterns, cartoon characters, charming landscapes. the mini brain scanning headband thingy also checks your sweat or something. looking for pheromones. in a way, this is taking the idea of the dating apps that we have nowadays to its logical conclusion. when we talk about the fact that, with enough data, we might be able to find, with the right algorithm,
charming landscapes. the mini brain scanning headband thingy also checks your sweat or something. looking for pheromones. in a way, this is taking the idea of the dating apps that we have nowadays to its logical conclusion. when we talk about the fact that, with enough data, we might be able to find, with the right algorithm, the right mate, as it were. hmm. it kind of sounds horrific on the surface, but, actually, thinking about it a bit more, what s wrong with that? that actually sounds like a decent thing. ithink, potentially, it could be if used in a healthy way. i think, potentially, as we find out in the show, the risk is that people who are already in relationships might then be tempted to view their own as suboptimal. the issue with the app is that it can solve attraction, but it can t make relationships work. his brain function monitor. what inspired you to put this show on? i wrote the first draft in 2019 where i was suffering quite badly from clinical depression and was in t