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>who is going to see the ads? Ad companies could offer OpenAI lots of money to mention them, sidestepping the likes Google et al

• black_puppydog 2y ago
  My thoughts exactly. The AI gatekeepers will also become gatekeepers of consumer choices in a similar way as Google is now. That goes for both sides of google's business: search and ads. If you're asking for "the hest car brand", who is to say the AI cannot he swayed by some sweet advertising dollars? Of it books you a guided tour directly, you'll not even notice of one tour guide is preferred. That may sound pessimistic, bit honestly I have zero confidence that in Trumps's USA, OpenAI will have to give a flying fuck about users' best interests or honest advertising or any of that stuff...
• concrete_head 2y ago
  This makes me wonder. OpenAI isn't the only company offering computer use. The list of companies and models that do this will only grow. Meaning advertiser's will have to be selective which company they pay to get the most exposure to their target human customers via the agents. Will we see affiliate programs for AI agents which in turn promote products to the users? and we end up with the same shit show we have today? Or what if eventually everyone has their own personal AI that can bypass the ads. Will we just decide that advertising is a drag on society and kill off that industry for good?
  • somebehemoth 2y ago
    > and we end up with the same shit show we have today? Absolutely certain. Furthermore, this can maximize exploitation of each individual human as the providers have such rich profiles about each human that they can customize pricing to extract the maximum amount of profit. It is by design.