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by rsynnott 691 days ago
> or there was a culture where no negativity was allowed, letting bad ideas move forward without being challenged.

I mean, that’s the current AI bubble in a nutshell. It has ‘AI’ in the name, therefore it would be most improper to ask the emperor about his tailor.

And like, even if this somehow worked, and some people thought they wanted it, it would be a bad product. If I notice that the person I’m talking to is wearing a 24/7 surveillance device, I’ll, er, talk to someone else. It’s social pariah-hood in a box.