This is why the advances in AI sometimes look scary to me. "Limbic capitalism" (great term, btw) existed and thrived long before the internet and AI era - tobac

This is why the advances in AI sometimes look scary to me. "Limbic capitalism" (great term, btw) existed and thrived long before the internet and AI era - tobacco, alcohol, credit cards, etc. Finding and monetizing a human addiction has always been extremely profitable. What worries me, is that the power of AI and the easy ability to reach millions of people at once through social media and internet advertisement will make finding new human additions and exploiting them easier than ever. There is nothing that can stop businesses from basically hacking the human limbic system (aka lizard brain) and monetizing it using the vast power of AI. Facebook just pioneered it, but many will follow. The most dangerous AI is not the killer robots scorching the Earth a-la the Terminator movie. The most dangerous AI is the one that will make humans fall in love with it.