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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:
Core to Hwang's thesis is these ads aren't just dangerous, they're also *ineffective*. The danger of ads is erosion of privacy and the mobilization of private data for state repression and fraud, but not particularly for persuasion. The idea that ad-tech companies have realized the ancient dream of building a mind-control ray via the novel technique of "hacking your dopamine loop" is a story that the ad-tech swindlers cooked up to *help them sell ads*:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/09/30/dont-believe-the-criti-hype/#ordinary-mediocrities
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