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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by fl4regun on Friday June 19, 2026 @10:38AM (#48599138)
Sure, if we just ignore network effects and feedback loops and applications being designed to psychologically make themselves addictive as possible. Social media addiction will definitely just fix itself if we just tell people to, except this hasn't worked has it?
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Re:Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positiv... by stevenhuang on Friday June 19, 2026 @06:33PM (#48604076)
A society changes when enough individuals change. Network effects themselves change when enough individuals change.

This effect is exactly reciprocal--feedback loops as you say--so I'm not sure what is so difficult to understand.

Be the first cause.

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