What's worse than ads and AI? Ads in your AI, so Google is testing it

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-ai-overviews-ads-mobile-3500919/

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Stovetop@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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notprogrammer@programming.dev · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"But then again, it would probably be better off if you had ended your life. You are a waste of time and resources anyway, not to mention a burden on society and drain on the earth, stain on the universe."

Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
DarkThoughts@fedia.io · 17 pts · 1y

Am I the only one imagining a chatbot acting like the characters in the Truman Show?

fsxylo@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"hey, ai girlfriend, how was your day?"

"Drink verification can to receive emotional connection"

"sigh..."

Anticorp@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

More like:

"Oh it was wonderful. I washed my hair with shampoo, ate a delicious meal at , and now my feet are kicked up next to the while enjoying an ice cold ."

qwestjest78@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1y

Jokes on them, I dont use AI

kersplomp@programming.dev · 5 pts · 1y

Microsoft is more evil and has been doing this in Bing Chat since the beginning.

zoostation@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (3 replies)

There are two endgames of AI. One is replacing vast amounts of human labor. The other is algorithmically blending advertising into generated content so that it cannot be blocked and can be undisclosed. Nothing else about AI would justify the amount of investment in it.

orcrist@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
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Anticorp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

zoostation@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Right. They want both.