社交神器Tinder可为你寻找约会对象
When I first met Sean Rad, back in 2013, Tinder was a blossoming dating APP. It was known primarily for, how shall I put it, casual relationships.
追溯到2013年,当我第一次遇见西恩·拉德的时候,Tinder还只是一款在起步初期的约会APP。它主要有名在,怎么说呢,能让人们随机约会。Back then he told me Tinder was "good for humanity", a line I instantly latched onto as being faintly ridiculous, and wonderful for a headline.
当时他告诉我Tinder是“为了人类的利益”的时候,我的第一反应就是这有点儿可笑,但是会是个精彩的头条。But now when I think of how Tinder has impacted my life, and those of several people close to me, I start to see what he was getting at.
但现在想想Tinder是怎么影响我的生活的,想想那些因此而接近了我的人,我慢慢开始理解他当年所说的东西。
Life-changing things have happened to millions of people thanks to that simple swipe-yes-swipe-no interface.
当今简便易操作的电子设备界面已经改变了数百万人的生活。I know people who have married their Tinder matches. I know many others who are in serious relationships.
我认识一个人,她就嫁给了在Tinder上匹配到的一个人。And yes, I know many people who have had casual hook-ups and one-night stands. Yet why that last point is seen as a negative to be joked about I'll never know. People have been doing that in bars for well over 100 years.
我知道有许多人会认真对待一段感情,我也知道有许多人喜欢拈花惹草四处找一夜情。但我不知道为什么后者会一直以来成为人们贬低嘲笑的对象。人们在酒吧里像那样做已经有一百多年了。Anyway, Tinder is growing up. It's now a serious technology company tackling one of life's most important matters, and is by far the most popular dating app worldwide.
但无论如何,Tinder正迅速地发展着。一个非常强大的科技公司正试图介入影响人们的终身大事,正是靠这款到目前为止风靡全球的约会APP。Mr Rad is the chairman of both Tinder and Swipe Ventures, the arm of the company designed to buy other dating-related technologies.
拉德先生现在是Tinder和Swipe Ventures两家公司的董事长,它们是开发与约会相关的技术的两家巨头公司。One of which is artificial intelligence. And its collision with dating might be the most intriguing application of AI yet.
其中一家公司开发的是人工智能,它与约会这种事碰撞产生的火花,或许会让这款智能APP变得极为有趣。Still, even though it can be difficult to admit, dating really is a numbers game, and right now the data Tinder uses is primitive: age, location and mutual friends - as well as a few mutual interests as defined by what you "like" on Facebook.
即使我们不愿意承认,但约会的确就像一场数字游戏,Tinder只是考察最简单最原始的条件:年龄,住址和共同好友 - 就像Facebook通过你点赞的内容从而确定你的兴趣一样。Why not add a few parameters and make it even more likely you will click?
为什么往其中不多加几个因素呢?这样我们就更有可能点开匹配给我们的约会对象了。