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AJ Shpetner's avatar

Really, really interesting take. I was struggling to locate the upshot / "so what" of the OpenAI Zuckings but your article makes it pretty crystal. I still wonder if this knocks down a new threshold to your average, run-of-the-mill T&Cs for the LCD of social media users - the "I clicked without reading and now I'm suing" contingent. Should data collection become more "intimate" (qua "invasive") those people (really all of us...) are in for a rude awakening.

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Jorge's avatar

It's concerning how many people actually welcome intimate (invasive) data collection so long as it improves their immediate quality of life. I mean, I'm certainly the first to admit that no ads are better than instagram ads. At what point do we say enough?

Love the "Zucking" as a gerund

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Barratt Dewey's avatar

Great read. Been thinking about this a lot. Second order effects of artificial intimacy prioritization are a little concerning, particularly for those that use it less as an impersonal tool and more as a substitute for human interaction

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Jorge's avatar

One hundred percent. It raises several interesting cultural and societal questions that cover a lot of social themes from the past decade or two (loneliness, mental health etc) that were further exacerbated by covid. There's also the alignment problem—if people are asking their AI to guide their life and relationships, how that AI is aligned will start to have significant manifestations in the social psyche.

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