I asked ChatGPT and a human matchmaker to redo my Hinge and Bumble profiles. They helped show me what works.

Lakshmi VaranasiApr 8, 2023, 17:03 IST

My profiles on the dating apps Bumble (above) and Hinge could use some help. So I enlisted ChatGPT and a human writer to overhaul them.Lakshmi Varanasi/Alyssa Powell/Insider

I wanted to see how ChatGPT would overhaul a dating profile, so I used my it own on Hinge and Bumble.
To compare, I also enlisted the help of a human — a professional dating app writer named Lydia Kociuba.

Dating apps are supposed to lower the social pressures of attracting a partner — in theory.

Just download an app, create a profile with a few pictures and a witty bio, and boom: You're circulating among a virtual pool of people you know are single — or at least open to your romantic overtures. There's no need for the guessing games that can make real-life interactions … awkward.

In practice, though, I've found that crafting a profile that's polished yet personal enough to attract the right partner isn't easy. Matches say my profiles are vague and don't really offer much information for them to start a meaningful conversation.

One way to improve my profiles could be to shell out dollars to a professional dating app writer. Yet, with people testing a new spate of free, generative AI bots with almost everything under the sun, I wondered: How might ChatGPT fare at writing a dating profile?

I decided to see whether human talent or artificial intelligence would win out in the world of romantic pursuits. I asked a professional dating app writer to craft Bumble and Hinge profiles for me — the two apps on my phone right now. I put ChatGPT to the test, too.

Here's what happened …

I took the path well-traveled to finding a dating app writer by searching for one on Google. Hidden Gem, which bills itself as a professional online dating profile-writing service, was one of the first results on Google search.

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I took the path well-traveled to finding a dating app writer by searching for one on Google. Hidden Gem, which bills itself as a professional online dating profile-writing service, was one of the first results on Google search.

While Kociuba has been writing dating profiles since 2016, she said her business has really picked up in the past two years. She said she has 20 to 30 clients a month and offers packages ranging from $85 for one profile, $105 for two profiles, and $125 for unlimited profiles.

Lydia Kociuba

While Kociuba has been writing dating profiles since 2016, she said her business has really picked up in the past two years. She said she has 20 to 30 clients a month and offers packages ranging from $85 for one profile, $105 for two profiles, and $125 for unlimited profiles.

Kociuba provided me with the questionnaire she sends to new clients. It was an almost 100-question survey that included queries like, "What makes a good friend?" and "What do you define as 'manliness'?"

Lydia Kociuba

Kociuba provided me with the questionnaire she sends to new clients. It was an almost 100-question survey that included queries like, "What makes a good friend?" and "What do you define as 'manliness'?"

Less than 24 hours after I had sent in responses, Kociuba delivered a completed set of profiles to my inbox. Her first take: Bumble.

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Here's a look at what she came up with for my Bumble bio:

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I usually have a hard time picking prompts, so I was happy to see that Kociuba selected them for me.

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I was curious to see how ChatGPT would compare. To generate my Bumble bio, ChatGPT first asked me to describe my interests. Here's what it came up with:

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For the prompts, ChatGPT first created its own— ones I didn't even see on the Bumble app.

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So, I specifically asked it to respond to the same prompts Kociuba had picked:

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Now, onto Hinge.

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One of my struggles with Hinge is choosing prompts that reveal something, but not everything, about my personality. Here's what Kociuba came up with:

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Then I turned to ChatGPT, asking it to respond specifically to the prompts Kociuba had selected:

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Overall, I'd probably still write my own profile. Yet, the experience was an interesting self-study and offered me some helpful tips.

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I asked ChatGPT and a human matchmaker to redo my Hinge and Bumble profiles. They helped show me what works.

I took the path well-traveled to finding a dating app writer by searching for one on Google. Hidden Gem, which bills itself as a professional online dating profile-writing service, was one of the first results on Google search.

While Kociuba has been writing dating profiles since 2016, she said her business has really picked up in the past two years. She said she has 20 to 30 clients a month and offers packages ranging from $85 for one profile, $105 for two profiles, and $125 for unlimited profiles.

Kociuba provided me with the questionnaire she sends to new clients. It was an almost 100-question survey that included queries like, "What makes a good friend?" and "What do you define as 'manliness'?"

Less than 24 hours after I had sent in responses, Kociuba delivered a completed set of profiles to my inbox. Her first take: Bumble.

Here's a look at what she came up with for my Bumble bio:

I usually have a hard time picking prompts, so I was happy to see that Kociuba selected them for me.

I was curious to see how ChatGPT would compare. To generate my Bumble bio, ChatGPT first asked me to describe my interests. Here's what it came up with:

For the prompts, ChatGPT first created its own— ones I didn't even see on the Bumble app.

So, I specifically asked it to respond to the same prompts Kociuba had picked:

Now, onto Hinge.

One of my struggles with Hinge is choosing prompts that reveal something, but not everything, about my personality. Here's what Kociuba came up with:

Then I turned to ChatGPT, asking it to respond specifically to the prompts Kociuba had selected:

Overall, I'd probably still write my own profile. Yet, the experience was an interesting self-study and offered me some helpful tips.