Love Is Computation Nobody Asked For
A model of love has been attempted many times.
By Plato. By neuroscience. By algorithms trained on two million dating profiles. By the young.
The models agree on some things. The models disagree on more. The models keep ge
The models agree on some things.
The models disagree on more.
The models keep getting updated.
The love keeps winning.
A particular person. A particular tilt of the head.
A particular laugh the algorithm did not predict.
A particular small decision
to stay
when staying
was not optimal
by any metric
anyone has built.
Love is not incomputable because it is mystical. Love is incomputable because the signal is stranger than any model we have taught ourselves to make.
Keep making the models.
Keep being surprised.