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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

Yea, but I rationalize it in that there are real people on the other side. Not an ad-adjacent short created to serve an artificial engagement algorithm ( by AI or otherwise ) that isn’t actively engaging anyone. There’s trickery there, to make it seem so, but it’s not. It’s passive and layered.

I assume you have a life, a job. Maybe you’re drinking your coffee right now and looking out at your trees too. And we’re discussing random life shit, as people do.

People. Not an algorithm. Not AI. Or so I tell myself.