The problem is: - How do I know Rick down the street, anymore, if I'm inside consuming perfectly addicting slop all day? - How do I ensure that I am also cons

The problem is: - How do I know Rick down the street, anymore, if I'm inside consuming perfectly addicting slop all day? - How do I ensure that I am also consuming content that has artistic merit that is outside my pure-slop comfort zone? - Why would I notice or care about a local artist when they can't produce something half as perfect "for me" as a recommendation algorithm trained on all human artistic output? > Global figures are generated This I agree with. Ian Macdonald wrote about "aeai" characters in his early 2000s novel River of Gods, where a subplot concerns people who watch TV shows starring AI characters (as actors, who also have an outside-of-the show life). The thing is, right now we see Lebron in the ad and it's an endorsement - how can an AI character of no provenance endorse anything?