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Not entirely sure if this is the case, but I've started using AI to generate my ad text. The way it works is my campaign is optimized for app downloads, so it tries different texts (based around what my app is about) and sees which ones lead to the most downloads - i.e. it self optimizes.
Do you see how this behaviour was evil and not care, or did you just not even think about what you were doing?
I don't care, people should have ad blockers anyways
It's fine to put poison in the water, everyone should be drinking the antidote anyway!
You're part of the problem, you sociopath.
You're missing the forest for the trees.
I don't feel bad at all for using AI tools to advertise. I'm competing with hundreds of thousands of other companies doing this, so I am in a losing position either way. The advertising industry as a whole is rotten to the core. It's a symptom of a consumption economy that is in the process of rotting.
People should use ad blockers. People should be using free and open source tools. But they don't. So I don't feel bad taking advantage of that.
So you see something that you know is wrong and instead of trying to make it better you actively make it worse, and say fuck the people who are already suffering?
Yeah, I tend to be an accelerationist when systems are beyond repair. I was very happy to see someone add that word to my vocab two months ago: https://lemmy.ml/comment/16339575
Stop the suffering by ending it early, so we can make a new, better system. I'm not going to limit my potential to help a broken system last longer.
It's like you're quoting a supervillain who's obsessed with "the greater good"
Gross.
Congrats, you setup an algorithm that aims to trigger real people to behave a certain way by tricking their subconscious trough language.
You might call this business, i call it enshitification.
When people need an app they are able to look for a fit and compare optioned tailored to their needs, ideally using factual neutral information about similar apps.
Customers who are lured into clicking based purely on a ad are not making a deliberate decision for themselves and while you are not responsible for their actions you are preying on it.
To me, and this is an opinion: All software should Be open source and free, all software should exist to the benefit of all people and preferably be well documented, and public advertisement of any kind should be contained within very strict limits.
Not even Jorjor Well saw this coming
I used to work with two people, one called Georgia and the other with the surname Welle.
We tried everything to hook those two up but it didn’t work out.
Predatory