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[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He sees this as a temporary problem for AI providers, though, as agentic AI becomes more entrenched in daily people's lives, it'll become harder to switch, as the bots should eventually have all your shopping preferences, aspirations, and emotional profile mapped out —perhaps even better than yourself.

God what a dystopian sentence that is.

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's assuming millions of people switch to agentic browsers and use them agentically. A big assumption.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

There's easily millions of people in the US alone that do not know any better and will do exactly that.

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

You overestimate the critical thinking capabilities of your fellow humans.

Also some just don't care anymore. I was close to not caring anymore too often due to how depressing the past few years have been for many things.