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I think AI is doing exactly what it was cracked up to do: profit.
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2025
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the plan is to automatically make money. spammers work on low percentages already. they get enough clicks to make it worth doing. never did understand some people click/buy anything. just shove in their faces
Exactly.
AI is definitely in a bubble atm but its the same as the .com bubble. The market will crash, places its not useful it will be removed, places it's useful it will be kept. Its defiantly useful but not to the degree its promoted at at the moment.
Its also that we haven't yet got to the point where a couple dominant market strategies have taken hold. So its just everyone throwing as much shit as they can at the wall and we are yet to see whats gonna stick.
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eyup. this is basically the case for everything. if its usefulness is worth its cost and is affordable then it will quickly be taken up by word of mouth or example. This is why companies try to subsidize things until it dominates the market and then raises costs to the point normal folk are like fuck this. it was nice but not worth it anymore.
I absolutely hate seeing AI crammed into everything.
However, i don't understand your logic.
If AI was in fact useful, it would be crammed into everything because everyone would want it.
So while AI is undoubtedly shit, its presence in everything is not evidence of that.
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They want it to be the next step in controlling and raping the masses. That's why they're shoving it down our throats.
I suggest keeping your mouth closed tightly, and not engaging in any way with it. We should all see these early reports of the most vulnerable amongst us becoming obsessed with their AI relationships as a huge warning--red banners and klaxons sounding. Run! RUN! Run far away and stay there.
It needs to be shoved in your face so they can get your face in the database.
exactly right
Here's a similar perspective: as a vegetarian, seeing advertisement selling meat is good: it means the animal exploitation industry is struggling and needs to promote their "product" which need nearly no advertising for years if not decades.
It's very similar here: the advertising (in the form of putting it where you can't miss it, in the tools you use everyday) is trying to convince you to use something many people are apparently just not that interested in.
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