"Online platforms could prove whether AI labels work by giving us a filter option, but then they’d have to face reality."
History has shown Silicon Valley has a distaste for
(a) user options
Hence "dark patterns" and a pattern of denying meaningful user choice. Generally, computers users accept whatever they are given. One Valley pied piper claiming users don't know what they want until he gives it to them. But users know what they don't want, e.g., online ads. Silicon Valley gives them what's best for Silicon Valley and effectively denies user choice
(b) reality
Hence known user-hostile strategies such as "reality distortion field", "vapourware", etc., a relentless focus on a speculative future so that present reality can be effectively ignored
The reality of "AI slop", for example, is not going to be optional. What tactics can be used to make a minority of vocal, discerning users swallow the "AI" pill
"Online platforms could prove whether AI labels work by giving us a filter option, but then they’d have to face reality."
History has shown Silicon Valley has a distaste for
(a) user options
Hence "dark patterns" and a pattern of denying meaningful user choice. Generally, computers users accept whatever they are given. One Valley pied piper claiming users don't know what they want until he gives it to them. But users know what they don't want, e.g., online ads. Silicon Valley gives them what's best for Silicon Valley and effectively denies user choice
(b) reality
Hence known user-hostile strategies such as "reality distortion field", "vapourware", etc., a relentless focus on a speculative future so that present reality can be effectively ignored
The reality of "AI slop", for example, is not going to be optional. What tactics can be used to make a minority of vocal, discerning users swallow the "AI" pill