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Re:I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes again... by Analemma_ on Friday January 12, 2024 @03:08PM (#38973269)
What dangers? Nobody will see any consequences for this: not Amazon-- they're a monopoly, they don't give a shit-- and not the seller-- who probably won't see any impact whatsoever on their sales or reputation, and will just recreate under a new shell name if they do.

The fact that LLMs drive the cost of junk text production to zero is a tremendous opportunity when there is no penalty for messing up. It's the same think as bulk spam mailing: if it's free, there's no reason not to keep trying even if only one a million is a success.

Re:I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes again... by BHSPitMonkey on Friday January 12, 2024 @04:10PM (#38974133)
Frequent run-ins with listings like this will definitely build (even more of) a reputation in some users' minds that Amazon is a spam-filled and unproductive place to look for things, but yes—it would take a lot to actually threaten their market position.