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A new report from eHarmony and Imperial College London says artificial intelligence has the potential to help couples build stronger relationships.
The study predicts virtual assistants -- like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant -- will be able to predict the success of your relationship with 75% accuracy.
That is because the robots can listen in on your conversations and analyze vocal patterns, intonation and frequency of communication.
The researchers write that results from machine learning and artificial intelligence can be seen as an opportunity for self-improvement and reflection. AI coaching need not be limited to profile recommendations but can evolve into relationship and life coaching.
"AI is already starting to help us live the best life from encouraging fitness habits to reminding us to respond to unread emails. eHarmony subscribers can already use Alexa to review their daily matches and communicate with other users on the platform – an example of technology helping enhance human relationships in a trusted environment," according to the researchers.
Moving beyond this function, AI is likely to have the future capability to observe what impairs relationships too. For example, it might read cues to observe when someone takes relationships for granted, tends to forget milestones, or even gently remind loved ones if they stop taking care of our health and appearance as carefully as we once did.
Moreover, it can point out where our communication with a partner or match is proving ineffective, helping us better resolve arguments or open up conversations, according to the report.
"Once we are surrounded by all-listening, all-hearing bots, they will be able to predict whether a marriage will be successful. These home devices will be able to correctly identify the health of a relationship at a threshold higher than the current level of 75% accuracy from acoustic analysis of verbal communication between the couple – taking into account vocal patterns, word variations over time, intonation and frequency of communication," researchers wrote.
A marriage counselling bot could also help navigate the stress of external events such as financial issues or bereavements, which are sometimes hard to overcome and that seep into our relationships as priorities change.
Productively, AI could also recommend corrective actions to couples – such as seeking therapy or going on a holiday or spending time on a shared activity they both love.
Read the full report, which also covers dating and romance, HERE.
