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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.

No shit.

It’s not intelligent.

Can this shit possibly be any more useless?

Of course they will. It was inevitable the second it was rumoured.

It’s the new age of PPC

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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:

What a surprise

Well, this took then long enough

Wonder if this makes the business profitable, are there enough traffic for this?

haha, this is the beginning of the end, good for them (🤞)

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.

That’s true. In most developed countries we still have the free choice to pick different products, no questions asked unless the obivious. The “AI this, AI that” hype is starting to feel exhausting.

Frankly, AI is the new thing and it’s going to stay and advance for as long as humans continue to exist. Future generations will grow up with it and never know about a time without AI.

The people opposing it are the same group that said the internet would disappear, that it was just temporary hype, and the simple fact that many couldn’t even imagine why having a PC at home would be useful. Just a glorified calculator, right?