Comment by jack_pp
21 hours ago
What evidence is there that you or me can steer Google off this path?
Can you stop wars around the world? Can you make crypto dissapear? There are a multitude of global trends that 99.9999% of people are helpless about
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/12/key-findi... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19368623.2024.2...
Collective action and public opinion can steer Google off this path. Collective action can shape public policy that can stop or prevent wars. The only thing that enforces helplessness is apathy. And AI is pissing people out of apathy.
When was the last time the US government or Congress cared about public opinion about a war? Besides the lies they tell to get elected.
There are other, less dysfunctional governments.
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