I'm skeptical there's much value in this. Politics and ads are both loud and obnoxious for a reason. Subtle product placement and propaganda is not easy in text.
I'm skeptical there's much value in this. Politics and ads are both loud and obnoxious for a reason. Subtle product placement and propaganda is not easy in text.
I don’t know. I asked chatgpt where I can get the most calories for my money when eating fast food, tempered by the qualification that the food is delicious. It very confidently and without any wishy washiness told me I should go to Wendy’s and get a burger. I highly doubt this is actually the best answer to my question, but I bet lots of people are asking similar questions. It made me actually think about going to Wendy’s. It read like an ad, in some ways, but some part of me took it in and tried to believe it because it felt much more similar to a recommendation from a friend (which I would for sure listen to) than an ad (which I almost always tune out—the louder and more obnoxious the stronger I look away).
Heh, I would argue at that point you're asking to be advertised to. I would never ask an AI for product recommendations even without perverse incentives because who the hell knows why it says what it does.