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[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He sees this as a temporary problem for AI providers, though, as agentic AI becomes more entrenched in daily people's lives, it'll become harder to switch, as the bots should eventually have all your shopping preferences, aspirations, and emotional profile mapped out —perhaps even better than yourself.

God what a dystopian sentence that is.

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's assuming millions of people switch to agentic browsers and use them agentically. A big assumption.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

There's easily millions of people in the US alone that do not know any better and will do exactly that.