Haven't computers and a big tech be doing the same for decades now? Sucking information and drive viral ads to people aiming to spend days sliding infinite scrolls?

I simply see ai as the exponential expression of this corporate evil behavior. Yes we could have started earlier, removing tv from our homes, ad blockers in our computers. Most of the people ignore all this and now are trap using tech like heroin addicted to a feels-needed plug to society.

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AI is Polytheistic, not Monotheistic: How AI Will Change Politics, War, & Money

Unlike all those you mentioned, you give AI all your precise information that serves people who don't want you to be free. You give away your way of thinking, your habits, your data, your worries and weaknesses, some even give away the ways in which you keep your money like bitcoin and properties. This is ammunition for dictators and corporations who want to guide slaves into a way of thinking and remove from society those they think are dangerous.