Imagine, truly and deeply, that you were the only user on here, and that this forum was a Slowloris style attack on you, tailored for you, by AI, to keep you coming back, the AI watching you all day, and unavoidable (e.g., with VPN, ad blockers, etc.). No other humans around; just you and a simulated experience.
I just described the future of the Internet.
Google has already outlined the framework of this with their Selfish Ledger policy. The idea is that with the data they’ve stolen about you and your preferences, combined with 3D printing and cheap manufacturing, they will be able to tailor an ad designed specifically so that the product is exactly what you want–making you far less likely to not buy it–and which also collects datapoints on you that they still lack, enticing you by catering to your tastes in doing so.
Now imagine this, but with pure text and no purchases/manufacturing, simply to give each person the semblance of “being among others like him” and solely to steal his full spectrum of thoughts.
That's terrifying. It sucks that the Internet and its available tools (Google, et al) have already moved so far in this direction. I stopped using Google in 2013, but, at this point, I can barely find anything I'm looking for, with search engines. I've gotten to the point where I rarely even use them.
Thank Obama for it.
https://communities.win/c/Conspiracies/p/16ZqPRF4Ea/if-youre-wondering-about-the-int/c
Read this.
Now just imagine they are able to combine this with the genetic profile they have on so many people through 23 and me and the possibilities are pretty much endless.