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    141 month ago

    Why have we made robots whose only job is to dilute reality?

    Repeating for emphasis. I’d like to know the answer too.

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      1 month ago

      Tin foil hat on

      Because our society is moving more towards a post-truth reality. Ffs, the then vice president candidate stood in front of a grocery shelf to talk about how egg prices were $4, when the label behind him clearly says “$2.99”

      Companies aren’t here to make life better. They are here to make money.

      Every few months they would say, “Ugh the global supply chain is tightening” to prepare to raise prices.

      All the while on their earnings calls they talk about how much profit they made in the last quarter.

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      11 month ago

      The bots are there to sell things to humans, collect data on humans, or persuade humans to do things. You want money, power, or to manipulate people into voting against their own self-interests? That’s what bots are for.