ChatGPT Outperforms Humans at Dating Advice in Five Preregistered Experiments (N=1,722)
ipeirotis · x · 2026-09-10
Osborne & Bailey (Scientific Reports, 2025) ran five preregistered experiments (N=1,722) comparing human and ChatGPT-generated advice on quality, effectiveness, and authenticity. ChatGPT's advice beat the average online participant's even in dating and relationships — the domain where people say they most strongly prefer human advice — while documenting a clear bias against AI-labeled advice.
The upshot: aversion to AI advice reflects subjective bias, not objective quality.
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