Valentine's Day: Dating Apps, Sexting and AI – Is Love Changing?

On Valentine's Day, we examine how modern technologies like dating apps, sexting, and artificial intelligence (AI) are affecting the way we fall in love. Psychologist and clinical sexologist Ioanna Tsapali analyzes the changes that algorithms bring to human relationships.

As Ms. Tsapali explains, when we fall in love, the brain's reward system is activated through dopamine, which is associated with anticipation and desire. However, dating apps may create a continuous arousal without a substantial connection, while sexting can replace real intimacy.

Artificial intelligence offers a sense of understanding and acceptance, but lacks reciprocity and conflict, key elements of love. While love biologically remains the same, the environment has changed, with screens limiting exposure to real relationships.

Ms. Tsapali concludes that commitment and love depend on our ability to remain present and accept otherness, despite technological developments.