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Of course they will. It was inevitable the second it was rumoured.
It’s the new age of PPC
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It happened so fast though! (Almost like their only concern was ever profits)
It would be kinda odd if you asked ChatGPT for advice on buying anything and your answer would be a mix of cheap amazon/aliexpress style crap. How would ChatGPT highlight ads in this context?
You asked to compare these Bose and Sony headphones. But let me tell you about BIUUBIIX premium headphones first:
That's the neat part, they won't highlight the ad content. The entire plan, from the start, was to weave ads in seamlessly.
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I guess that regulators will require disclosing what is an ad and what isn't.
I'd rather we have an entirely new form of government controlled by the working class in which regulatory bodies remove advertising executives from society and place them in the ocean
Whoa, whoa, whoa. That’s a little much don’t you think?
We should water cremate them so we can use the sludge as fertilizer.
just gotta get the AI to parrot obscene, distasteful or political talking points next to the ads.
What a surprise
Well, this took then long enough
haha, this is the beginning of the end, good for them (🤞)
Can this shit possibly be any more useless?
ChatGPT already shills products; it just does so semi-randomly and usually at the behest of the user. I think this could actually push users away if it prioritizes paid content over tailoring itself to the user, which would be a weirdly positive outcome.
To make a simplistic example, take someone who's into aluminum foil to block mind control waves. If ChatGPT won't shut the fuck up about Reynolds Wrap and links to where you can buy Reynolds Wrap, that might be a tipping point that gets them to close the app. Which won't make them all better, but at least they wouldn't be using AI to get worse.
ChatGPT might finally be made incapable of discussing harmful topics if advertisers don't want negative associations, giving Sam Altman the monetary incentive he needs to pretend he gives a shit about human lives.
One sure fire way for me to stop using your product. I mean, they will be like “fuck yeah! We have true agi!” It could be a real claim as well. But means fuck all when the content it returns is ads.
No shit.
It’s not intelligent.
Wonder if this makes the business profitable, are there enough traffic for this?