A bigger problem is that it will be impossible to know when you are seeing an ad: political groups (or the government, perhaps) will partner with openAI to subtly express different values.
replyIt's still an advertisement, and the underlying marketplace is similar (pay for access to change behavior).
The best uses of AI will be surveillance, propaganda, cyberterrorism, and automated military tech.
See, e.g., https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/technology/iran-china-aut...
> The best uses of AI will be surveillance, propaganda, cyberterrorism, and automated military tech.
replyI think it is more insidious than that. AI shapes how people think not just what they think.
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replyGovernments will also pay for the tracking capabilities, as they're already doing to Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc.
replyYes, I should have said "ads and tracking" good point.
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