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Is AI the next radio?

One thing about the movie Jojo Rabbit was how it really drove home the impact of radio in the homes of Germans for me, how that was used to transmit and focus a single agenda in a way never before possible, to dramatic effect.

In regards to AI, I was pondering the impact of advanced decision making at the population level, especially as open source AI becomes more viable, people can cook up their own configurations of the kinds of responses they want. Wondering what happens when everyone can get the steps they need to navigate civic processes, can get the neutral or biased feedback they want about their approaches to relationships, figure out the most effective technical solutions, etc., etc.

All communicated in a way that suits the individual.

My thinking has been there would be some competition between some mainstream suppliers of AI services as well as a marketplace of niche or specialist and homebrew setups. Which would necessitate design towards what's actually most effective (rather than towards for instance entrenched interests). Cause why would anyone use an AI that didn't work for their own interests.

But then I realised there is in fact groups of people who would take up a service that they knew was run for the interests of an individual that was not themselves. So what would the impact be of potentially millions of people who would otherwise not be able to align their behaviours, working for a sole interest? The impacts might be subtle at first, but they'll be cumulative.

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