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[–] [S] 159 points 1 month ago (4 children)
  • [–] 63 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    So... Apparently this is real

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    …why not just tell grok the item you are looking for and have it send you a link to the best deal???

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    We've been trading literally everything in our lives for the sake of convenience for...a while... Wouldn't be susprised if some AI brain actually thinks doing this saves you time and is worth it...

    Also AI is TERRIBLE at finding deals. TERRIBLE. I tried several times with very different products.

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  • [–] 48 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Even if this purchasing model worked, it doesn't make sense. You're telling me that these companies earn commission on these sales and will try to find the best deal ensuring they get the lowest commission possible on the sale? Yeah right.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    They will start by skimming the referral dollars and depending on volume but eventually will start taking money to promote specific things.

    We are not really at that level will LLM providers but we will be soon. Soon enough Google will more aggressively insert ads into Gemini and not long after that they will start taking money to have the LLMs casually add or avoid specific topics.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 month ago

    Pre-AI: Companies spending months of work to be PCI DSS compliant

    Post-AI: send your credit card details as a picture in a chat

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  • [–] 44 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    As if the AI won't just buy from whichever company has paid the biggest bribe to Elon for this.

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  • [–] 72 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Imagine being so rich that you don't even see a problem with that

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  • [–] 66 points 1 month ago

    I seem to recall that email scams were not super polished because their targets were people who didn't question too much. I see that this has been adopted more widely.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Man, the internet has really just become a propaganda and advertising machine for a handful of billionaires, hasn't it? There's no fixing this, is there?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    If there is a christian god out there, now would be the appropriate time for a great flood to do a full reboot. You there god? At least give us a sign?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Why does everyone have to die, just because a handful of evil villains have taken over, tho. Surely an omnipresent god can do direct targeting... some well aimed lighting bolts should do it, yeah? Maybe the pre Christian version of the Christian god, Odin will be more helpful to call on?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I think there'll be a limited reaction as time goes on, these days you see a fair few people getting fed up with the internet as it is now. I switched to an e-ink phone recently and loads of people on knowing they exist seem keen for one for example, people know Big Tech's products are generally bad for them at the end of the day. People who are okay with the doom feed of algorithmic propaganda and slop will stick with it, but dissatisfaction has produced some pretty impressive efforts, this platform included.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    twirtter users will do it, too

    edit: leaving the typo because fuck twirtter, and fuck twirtter users

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    Hey that works on Lemmy as well. Just PM me your card (front and back), your home address, your passport, your SSN, and the product you're after, and I'll order it for you!

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago

    Musk definitely gonna max out everyone’s card for republican candidates

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Please tell me that someone at least asked Elon to show them how it's done because they were a little confused. I can't see him not being able to show his superiority by doing it when they couldn't.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Why is that piece of shit not in prison?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    AI derangement syndrome, terminal.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    One can only imagine Visa and American Express sent representatives over to Elon with a strongly worded letter and maybe a crowbar.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    warning from grok bot: never share personal information with happy fun ball.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago

    Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
    Zuck: Just ask.
    Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
    [Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?
    Zuck: People just submitted it.
    Zuck: I don't know why.
    Zuck: They "trust me"
    Zuck: Dumb fucks

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    [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Lol no way this is real. Nobody actually believes this is ok???

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Sorta ish.

    He founded a company with a group of others(who left or were forced out) that merged with another(founded by Thiel and others) to become PayPal.

    Shortly after the merger Musk was forced out as CEO in favour of Thiel.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Same way that he founder Tesla? Because when he bought the company, part of the purchase contract was that he could call himself a "founder".

    I don't know, Imma look it up, but I suspect he founded PayPal the same way.

    Edit: looked it up. Yep. He bought in, changed the name, and called himself a founder. Dude hasn't found shit. Apart from maybe peter thiels dick in his ass.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Does shopping even work like that when it's not in the grocery store?

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