> On the other hand, I think it is not reasonable to expect people to tell all their friends about all the goods and services that are available. I don't expec

> On the other hand, I think it is not reasonable to expect people to tell all their friends about all the goods and services that are available. I don't expect such a thing at all, but it's pretty natural for people to tell their friends when they're delighted (or dismayed) by things they use, or to talk about them if I ask them "hey, how to you do X?" They're not going to tell everyone about everything -- and people who do would become as annoying as ads are. > Our vision is for AI to autonomously do all the work and provide every sector of goods and services. I don't share that vision with you, that sounds horrible to me. But it's orthogonal to the question of advertising. > So how do you give a choice about whether you want resources directed at a larger TV or a faster and larger GPU for gaming, without consuming and potentially responding to advertising on these subjects? There are numerous ways. I'm of the opinion that advertising (at least, if what we mean by "advertising" is marketing messages from the manufacturers or sellers) is the worst option. It's always going to be heavily biased and incomplete, and is very likely to be manipulative. > This would remove all market feedback. Market feedback comes from what sells and how much, as well as direct feedback from customers, not from advertising. > Clearly, an informed consumer and an informed voter are both necessary for the functioning of a market economy and democratic government, and we need a mechanism to disseminate information about the available choices. I agree. Where we disagree is about whether or not advertising has a useful role in this. I think it does not. Advertising is, in my view, adversarial to that goal.