2026-06-06 10:33 UTC
@dedicto@zeroes.ca After a leak from Microsoft confirmed that they want an addictive AI added to their products, I come to the conclusion, that the actual business case of AI is the same as of opium or tobacco. And of course the managers of AI companies are already addicted.
https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/
This makes far more sense than trying to solve actual problem by a super intelligent computer. Who would buy that? People rather buy addictive Chatbots.
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@dedicto@zeroes.ca 2026-06-06 11:30
@forthy42@mastodon.net2o.de I have indeed been taken aback by how addictive these things can be. (Secondhand information BTW; I've never spoken to one, except when businesses refuse to provide customer service any other way.) But I can't believe that addiction as a business model was the plan from day one. That, too, is a desperation move. They originally believed their own propaganda. Probably most of them still do.