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highplainsdem

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1. Of course generative AI enables this sort of thing. And I found the last paragraph of the article chilling,

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Sat May 16, 2026, 11:04 AM

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with the prediction that in a few years, as people become more skeptical of what they see on social media, the advertisers will instead find ways to target the personal AI agents that the AI companies want people to become dependent on, and then those AI agents will "teach humans what they want."

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New York magazine - 90 percent of what you see on the internet is advertising in disguise [View all] IcyPeas Saturday OP

Of course generative AI enables this sort of thing. And I found the last paragraph of the article chilling, highplainsdem Saturday #1

That leapt out at me too LearnedHand Saturday #3

+1 dalton99a Saturday #7

I thought my BS detector was fairly sophisticated LearnedHand Saturday #2

I guess... LakeVermilion Saturday #4

And add to your reading list that Reuters article about how scammy Meta/FB is, knowingly and purposely. RockRaven Saturday #5

The scale of the fraud .... IcyPeas Saturday #9

Kick dalton99a Saturday #6

Only NOW people are waking up to the fact GenThePerservering Saturday #8

Radio, television, films, magazines, newspapers...all advertising, all the time. pecosbob Saturday #10