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Re:The FTC’s new enforcement weapon: “Algorithmic destruction” by m463 on Thursday March 17, 2022 @04:47PM (#30715715)
> We humans are superior at curation, discovery, and anticipating our needs

You speak as though advertising was for you.

The data being collected about you is used to sell you to advertisers, and your data to 3rd parties.

you see advertisements not because you are interested in a product, but because the seller of the product is interested in one of your characteristics (like your income, sex, weight, religious affiliation, price insensitivity, poor decision making skills, etc...)

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Re:The FTC’s new enforcement weapon: “Algorithmic destruction” by tomc1985 on Friday March 18, 2022 @09:24PM (#30729931)
The value-adds I wrote above are what this data economy is being sold to us as. Where are the consumer-visible benefits of AI? Your "curated" "exclusive" (gag) recommendations "just for you" on Spotify or Netflix. "Products you might like" on Amazon. Etc etc etc
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