"Most people won't pay for AI voluntarily-just 8% according to a recent survey. So they need to bundle it with some other essential product."
"You never get to decide."
Silicon Valley and Redmond have been operating this way for quite some time.
They have been effectively removing choice long before this "AI" push. Often accomplished through "defaults".
This "AI" nonsense may be the most bold example.
"But if AI is bundled into existing businesses, Silicon Valley CEOs can pretend that AI is a moneymaker, even if the public is lukewarm or hostile."
"The AI business model would collapse overnight if they needed consumer opt-in. Just pass that law, and see how quickly the bots disappear. "
"You don't get to choose. You're never asked. It just shows up. Now you have to deal with it."
"If they gave people a choice, they would reject this tyranny masquerading as innovation."
"The AI business model would collapse overnight if they needed consumer opt-in."
We never get to find out what would happen.
One comment I would like to add here.
By removing meaningful choice and creating fabricated "demand" these so-called "tech" companies (unnecessary intermediaries) when faced with antitrust allegations then try to argue something like, "Everyone is using it therefore everyone wants it." And, "This shows everyone prefers us over the alternatives."
"Frank Zappa offers a possible mission statement for Microsoft back in 1976, a few months after the company is founded."
RIP.