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[โ€“] FaceDeer@fedia.io -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Right. The website that people choose to engage with shows that people are choosing to engage with AI without being forced to. It shows that the demand for AI is organic and real. Lots of people want to use AI.

[โ€“] lath@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

Of course they do. People want comfort and AI as it is marketed is the ultimate comfort. Doesn't change the harm it does at all, but lots of people are eager to dismiss the harm as long as their comfort is assured.