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· 4mo ago

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) https://isaiprofitable.com/ #MachineSociety

isaiprofitable.com

Is AI Profitable Yet?

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Mike Elgan @MikeElgan@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

I wrote about Substack's new AI detector feature, and was happy to learn that it correctly identified my column as 100% human written. https://www.machinesociety.ai/p/if-ai-companies-avoid-ai-slop-shouldnt #MachineSociety

machinesociety.ai

If AI companies avoid AI slop, shouldn't we?

AI companies expect us to consume AI-generated content, even though they themselves vastly prefer human-generated content for training AI models.

Mike Elgan @MikeElgan@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

People used Alexa to save time. "But after Amazon’s bait-and--switch, Amazon used the psychological tactics of fake “friendship” to get users to spend more time with it and supply to Amazon personal information that Amazon can use for personalized marketing." https://www.machinesociety.ai/p/amazon-invents-the-attachment-economy #MachineSociety

machinesociety.ai

Amazon invents the Attachment Economy bait-and-switch

Amazon’s first great innovation was the ability to subtly lure people into dependence for eCommerce. Now they’re doing it again with attachment.

Mike Elgan @MikeElgan@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Three governments agree on something the AI industry doesn’t want to hear https://www.theattachmenteconomy.com/p/three-governments-agree-on-something #MachineSociety

theattachmenteconomy.com

Three governments agree on something the AI industry doesn’t want to hear

The governments of China, California and New York agree on three harmful aspects of companion AI chatbots.

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