baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
"Millions of people are using AI! It's the world's most popular technology. People clearly want it."
Tech companies have been using every dark pattern available, every business deal and agreement, every subsidy they could find to jazz up numbers, so none of these user numbers can actually be trusted
Anybody who trots out the "this is an incredibly popular tech used by millions, be careful about regulating its harms" is being a manipulative dick. They know it, so you should remember it too.