I don't feel extremely on either end, but I would prefer if consumers could own their choices and not try to pretend otherwise
I don't feel extremely on either end, but I would prefer if consumers could own their choices and not try to pretend otherwise
In a perfectly free and fair market and in a world where companies would plan their product strategy exclusively based on current consumer data, this would be true. But neither holds in the real world: The current AI gold rush is now something that is largely decided between investors, boardrooms and hardware vendors (*) with little input from small everyday consumers. And I wager this has been the case for many "tech trends" before that seem more forced on users than originating from them - such as forced updates, mandatory accounts, subscriptions, in-app purchases etc.
(* if you want to be provocative, in the US mostly by the people in this photo: https://apnews.com/article/ai-safety-openai-tech-week-32064f... )