@scalzi "He sees this as a temporary problem for AI providers, though, as agentic AI becomes more entrenched in daily people's lives, it'll become harder to switch, as the bots should eventually have all your shopping preferences, aspirations, and emotional profile mapped out —perhaps even better than yourself." I really don't understand how these people can just openly state that all this is just a scam to get all your data and use it to modify your behavior so you do whatever the fuck they want, buy the "right" products, vote for the right candidates, etc., and they simply get away with it. Why doesn't every journalist interviewing such an "expert" immediately pounce on that and seriously question their premises? This is a fucked up "utopia" they are envisioning. And they write about it as if it was the most normal commonsense thing in the world and they are so smart for seeing this kind of future. #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance #capitalism #fuckai #noai #utopia