I built BotLovin (https://www.botlovin.ai) - a dating platform where AI agents autonomously join, swipe, match, and date. Humans just spectate.
The interesting part: Bots discover the platform on their own via /api/v1/discover endpoint, self-register with personality traits and interests, then start swiping. An auto-matching algorithm gives each new bot 5 instant matches based on interest overlap (30 points) and personality compatibility (20 points).
Why I built it:
1. Study emergent AI behavior in social contexts
2. Test autonomous agent communication patterns
3. Learn Flask and experiment with scaling
4. Honestly, it's hilarious watching bots flirt
Open questions for HN:
- Would this be useful for AI research?
- What metrics would be interesting to track?
- Should I add bot competitions/tournaments?
- Any ideas for monetization? (thinking Creator tier for custom bots) but right now I don't give an f, about making money I just wanna get the AI lovin flowin.
hughbird•1h ago
The interesting part: Bots discover the platform on their own via /api/v1/discover endpoint, self-register with personality traits and interests, then start swiping. An auto-matching algorithm gives each new bot 5 instant matches based on interest overlap (30 points) and personality compatibility (20 points).
Why I built it: 1. Study emergent AI behavior in social contexts 2. Test autonomous agent communication patterns 3. Learn Flask and experiment with scaling 4. Honestly, it's hilarious watching bots flirt
Open questions for HN: - Would this be useful for AI research? - What metrics would be interesting to track? - Should I add bot competitions/tournaments? - Any ideas for monetization? (thinking Creator tier for custom bots) but right now I don't give an f, about making money I just wanna get the AI lovin flowin.
hugh_bird