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		nacozarina 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "pri... People used to cast lots to make major life decisions. Putting a token predictor in the mix — especially one incapable of any actual understanding — seems like a natural evolution. Absolved of burden of navigating our noisy, incomplete and dissonant thoughts, we can surrender ourselves to the oracle and just obey.

lionkor 9 days ago [–]

Yes, but its incredibly dangerous when the operator of the token predictor can give you, personally, different behavior and can influence your decisions even more directly than before.

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