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I don’t know how anyone justifies working at either place, given their mission is to separate people from their money.
No. Facebook and Google are ad businesses. The data only exists to influence people into buying things they don’t need. It’s a net negative to society. I don’t know how anyone justifies working at either place, given their mission is to separate people from their money.
Attention x time is the most significant resource we have.
Joy, togetherness, happiness, is what makes life worth living.
The attention economy destroys all of these, causing an immeasurable amount of damage and misery.
So, yes, how much does Sauron pay again?
I’d love Facebook and LinkedIn for relevant event recommendations if they didn’t regularly come well after the event occurred or the deadline to apply/buy tickets had passed.
Yes I agree. An issue I have is hearing about a future event that has now sold out of tickets because when I heard about it so did everyone else. It's a catch-22. Are you suggesting your online data could predict which events you might like before they sell out / actually happen?
This is actually a very good question! made me think for a while now!. In my opinion a great use of our data would definatly benefit us while making a desiction now of course this isnt so realistic but hear me out! an AI that is always listening and records every step that you make online. and then uses its super advanced model to help you make descisions you ask it to make. like what should i but who should i date o…
Interesting ideas. So you're learning more towards the recommendations (and eventually agent) use-case. I find having to provide ChatGPT / Claude with context before prompting to be a real inefficiency and them having access to your online history would streamline this more.
I doubt it.
No. Facebook and Google are ad businesses. The data only exists to influence people into buying things they don’t need. It’s a net negative to society. I don’t know how anyone justifies working at either place, given their mission is to separate people from their money.
Google and Facebook are two such places, but the list is long, and not limited to Big Tech.
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Interesting ideas. So you're learning more towards the recommendations (and eventually agent) use-case. I find having to provide ChatGPT / Claude with context before prompting to be a real inefficiency and them having access to your online history would streamline this more.
Oh yhea indeed, It's super anoying to tell the AI every damn time that I don't want it to write me python code for every example !
Yes, in theory. Tracking someone's health can help doctors diagnose issues. If you search for "nosebleed" and then "back pain", that can provide valuable information, particularly if you might forget to mention symptoms. Tracking what you search for and click on could be used to suggest news stories you'd be interested in, and not just funnel you towards sensationalism. Et cetera. However, good uses are pretty niche,…
No. Facebook and Google are ad businesses. The data only exists to influence people into buying things they don’t need. It’s a net negative to society. I don’t know how anyone justifies working at either place, given their mission is to separate people from their money.