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Subject: Re: Complete paranoia about Google manipulation
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:39:42 -0400
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 18:08:19 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>My brain has completely atrophied and there's nothing there except what
>Google has put into it.
>
>I've complained for years that I talk about something in real life or on
>Usenet, I type something into the search bar on a browser, and within 3
>or 4 keystrokes, the topic comes up as a search suggestion, even if I
>think it's obscure. This is evidence that the microchip in my brain is
>functioning.
>
>It's gotten so much worse.
>
>Now, intellectually, in the back of my mind, if I'm listening to a lecture,
>I know that it needs to be delivered by a middle-aged dude, out of shape,
>ill-fitting suit, thick glasses, balding, with an unpleasant nasal
>voice. Otherwise, I'm not listening to the arguments, just reacting to
>the speaker.
>
>Emotionally, I can be persuaded to do or think anything. A woman younger
>than me that maybe we could share values, but not too much younger that
>we have no possible way of communicating. Long hair, brunette or dark
>blonde. About my height. Alto voice.
>
>Now, Google knows this. The same woman has been turning up in my YouTube
>feeds all week, either lecturing herself or being interviewed.
>
>Let's say I were somebody important rather than another loudmouth with
>an opinion. A CEO looking to merge corporations. Someone like her might
>cause me to overlook problems in her company's financial statements.
>
>Or I were a top politician or president. Xi Jinping would have sent over
>such a woman to lead a negotiating team. Would I then order an aircraft
>carrier and associated battle group to withdraw a few miles from the
>Philipines?
>
>Also, is this a woman or is it AI?
>
>I'm doomed. The rest of you, save yourselves if it's not too late.

Welcome to the machine.

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