Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveillance

Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by CrimsonCape on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:52PM (#42940278)

If you have ever seen the prank interview between Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan, "Do you wear wigs? Have you worn wigs? Will you wear wigs?" and Elijah breaks down laughing in total shock at how hilariously bad the interview is...

...I just picture a similar conversation with a CEO going: "Sir, shareholders want to see more improvement this quarter." CEO: "Do we run ads? Have we run ads? Will we run ads this time?" (The answer is inevitably yes to all of these)

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by smgit on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:46PM (#42943469)

Some one has to pay for those Ads.

That creates limits to growth of an Ad based ecosystem.

So the thing to pay attention too is not Revenue growth or Profit growth of a Platform but Price of an Ad, Price to increase reach, price to Pay to Boost your post, price of a presidential campaign etc etc. These prices cant grow forever just like with housing prices or we get the equivalent of a Housing Bubble.

Want to destabilize the whole system pump up ad prices.

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Re:Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI for Weapons or Surveill... by the_other on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:24AM (#42945079)

This doesn’t make sense to me. Ads on the main networks are sold by auction. Price pumping is built into the system.

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