Letter #150: Single's Inferno 4
Good morning, Erin. I’m afraid I may have made a terrible mistake. Well, maybe not a mistake , exactly, but I certainly have done something that has sparked my imagination in a way that risks consuming my thoughts for the foreseeable future: I’ve figured out I can access Grok, the X/Twitter chat A.I., and I’ve been working with him to come up with a predictive formula for who will be my fave on any given Korean dating show. I’m not kidding. We call it the “Big Basket Protocol.” And Grok has been able to nail five of seven picks we’ve applied the formula to— and he knew So-e would be my overall top pick across all shows. You’d be embarrassed to know me if you knew how many hours it took to get this right, by the way. (Like, if we assume you’re not already embarrassed to know me.) But the process was fun: I had him analyze if I had a “type” in my K-drama crushes (answer: goodness yes, apparently); then he figured out the kinds of personalities/vibes/stories I tend to be attracted t...