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> Why would the group of people who control that AI care about you as anything other than a liability? What do they get out of manipulating average individuals
by prepend 3y ago
> Why would the group of people who control that AI care about you as anything other than a liability? What do they get out of manipulating average individuals
Greater ad revenue. I would expect that tailoring your reality feed to whatever makes the AI controller the most money will be extremely lucrative.
Kind of like how visa/stripe takes 2-5% of every financial transaction. Imagine if a firm could make 5-10% of everything you do by manipulating you to maximum effect.
- tuatoru 3y agoIn The Red: First Light Linda Nagata posits an AI that tries to help people maximise their potential, because by earning more they consume more. The AI escaped from Amazon (the web store), it is theorized. (Nice MilSF if you like that kind of thing.) 1. https://www.amazon.com/Red-First-Light-Trilogy/dp/1481440934 https://www.amazon.com/Red-First-Light-Trilogy/dp/1481440934