He’d like to persuade us that chatting to a bot is like having a real pal. Of course that’s nonsense. Still, it’s more money for him, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
I don’t trust Mark Zuckerberg to not replace all therapists with AIs trained exclusively on his childhood diary.
I wouldn’t trust Mark Zuckerberg to not create an AI that slowly rewrites your internal monologue.
I wouldn’t trust Zuck not to breed an army of hyper-intelligent raccoons trained in lock-picking and subtle social manipulation, release them into major urban centers, and then deny all involvement as he watches the chaos from a floating sensory deprivation tank wired directly into a dolphin’s brainwaves. (I may or may not be in favor of this one)
At this point, we should all be very familiar with what it means to be a "Facebook friend". Only someone with the emotional depth of a Lego mini figure would think this is a good idea.
Additionally, real friends don't exploit your weak points to sell you shit, whether products or harmful ideologies.
In a world where unfettered Internet access has completely eroded our ability to form connections with others, the solution to loneliness couldn’t possibly be anything but more screen time 🤦🏽♂️
I would trust him to design a cleaner to get the jizz stains out of the upholstery of the chair in my masturbatorium. I’d also hire him to do it. Under the table and at sub par wages of course. Then, before I paid him, I’d put some sweet baby rays on my balls and see it he wants some real genuine ballskin. And of course he would which would give me the perfect opportunity to extol the Roman Empire and regale him with tales of real men and masculinity. Sweet baby rays baby!
The average person trusts Google, Facebook, Microsoft, OpenAI, Apple, and every scammy data mining mobile app that exists. This whole death of Facebook due to data mining and misinformation circlejerk is regarded.