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Meta patents AI that takes over a dead person’s account to keep posting and chatting - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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Meta has been granted a patent outlining an AI system capable of simulating a user’s activity on social media to post after their death.

Some fucked up shit.

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[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 33 minutes ago) (2 children)

Being influenced by ads is not some moral failing.

I really doubt people who think they have some special willpower to resist advertising. Advertising isnt simply "go buy this particular thing". Brand recognition alone is very powerful.

The person you replied to thinks their shopping list is somehow immune to advertising, i highly doubt it. The lack of self awareness makes me think they are MORE susceptible to ads than the average person.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Speaking solely for myself, I have accepted that I am as susceptible to marketing and propaganda as any other human, in an age where we are surrounded by it, none of it honest, none of it in my own best interest.

My response to this has been to cut off all possible routes of advertising: I literally do not watch or read anything that has ads, except possibly passing billboards and in-store ads. I don't play games that have ads. I don't listen to radio. I have adblocker on everything, or I simply leave. I can't stand ads, and I have cut them out of everything I can. I'd genuinely rather quit a service than submit to ads. (And yes, I do love just plain silence, whenever I can get it.)

So yeah, I'm immune: they can't influence me if they can't get access. That's the best kind of immunity there is.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The reason i adblock the shit out of everything is not because i think i'm smarter than everyone, it's because i KNOW i'm susceptible to these things.

What you're describing is not immunity, but an avoidance strategy. Almost nobody is truly immune to ads, thats why we avoid exposure

Nobody is immune to HIV, so we avoid exposure

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 14 hours ago

The person you replied to thinks their shopping list is somehow immune to advertising

Yep. They only buy things on their list, okay.

So which brand of that thing are you going to buy? The one you recognize most and are most familiar with, maybe?