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Spring is just around the corner, and as the days grow longer and the weather improves, it might be time to start going out more often. But in the era of Instagram-perfect lifestyles being splashed across our social feeds, date nights can come with a side of anxiety, particularly if your partner is of the high-maintenance persuasion. If you've forgotten to plan something until the very last moment, artificial intelligence could help.
There are many AI date night planning tools out there that promise to "spice up" your love life, or create an "effortless" experience that you and that lucky someone might embark upon in the pursuit of sweet, sweet romance.
It's a frankly dubious promise, considering algorithmically based AI tools don't have the ability to love or feel affection or understand human emotion or, you know, date, but these links could help keep you from getting stuck in decision paralysis or running afoul of your sweetie pie.
The Date Idea Generator is a one-button date night idea generator that spits out random suggestions for what you and your partner might get up to.
No information about you or what you generally like to do on dates is needed, and the suggestions we received ranged from simple hiking trips to DIY cooking challenges. If you're truly stuck for ideas, this could be a good place to start.
This tool, 4LoveBirds, is all about spinning a story for perspective lovers looking to spend a romantic date night together. You start with a form that requires your location, what kind of date you're looking to go on and in which season.
Once the fields have been filled in this AI date night idea generator, the tool should return some sweet options written in a narrative format that paints a nice picture of what you and your beloved might experience on your date. It reads kind of like those dining review magazines that describes the experience you can expect.
For instance, mine said: "Take your date to Perch, an enchanting rooftop bistro that offers stunning views of downtown Los Angeles. As you dine on French-inspired dishes, enjoy the gentle spring breeze and live music that adds a touch of magic to your evening. The rooftop garden ambiance, coupled with a vibrant sunset, sets the stage for a romantic and unforgettable dining experience."
This is great if you've got most of your bases covered -- like knowing you'd like to go out versus stay in -- and you're not quite sure of the vibe you'd like to set on your date night and need some inspiration overall.
My Spicy Vanilla encourages you to spice things up with a variety of options built to create a more sensual date night, making it more useful for long-term couples who already know each other well.
In addition to planning a spicy date night, this site uses AI-powered tools to assist couples in several areas of their love day plans, including creating custom role-playing scenarios, gifting ideas and stories to set the mood.
After a short questionnaire about your and your partner's preferences, including a drop down of category options ranging from vanilla to spicy, sporty and intellectual, the tool will generate an image and a narrative about the potential date along with some real-world options for things like restaurants and other locales.
It also gives you a budget, duration and recommended locations for the suggested date, making it easier to plan. The restaurants it suggests to tie in with the vibe of your date includes their addresses, star ratings and images.
A truly silly thing about this tool is the resulting "dialogue options" you're offered to go along with your procedurally generated date night. Suggestions for conversation appear rather obvious (like "what's your favorite dish?" and "remember our first date?"), but then again the divorce rates in the US were hovering around 32% in 2022, so simple date night conversation might not be as simple as it seems.
Whatever you want from your date, there are a lot of AI tools out there to help you choose. And if you're still looking for someone to share it with, here's how to use AI for dating advice, how AI can make your dating profile less cringe, how AI can be a matchmaker and how to find the partner of your dreams using AI.
