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So you want to blame a company for the impact others have on you because those said others choose to consume their product?


Go read "Careless People". The social media people knew exactly how damaging their product was early on, as evidenced by the fact that they wouldn't even let their own children use it. I think AI people understand how damaging their product is too; and so I will never respect them unless they take responsibility for the things they create. Going "not my problem bruh, I got my bag!" is a bad ethical position.


> choose

I think there's a logic leap here that ignores most of what big companies know about how to gey people addicted to things




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