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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CWhy?= Ads Are Coming To Your Favorite AI Bots And =?UTF-8?Q?You=E2=80=99ve?= Only Got Yourself To =?UTF-8?Q?Blame=E2=80=9D?= Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:20:04 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <102lq7v$omvd$1@dont-email.me> <102qfot$4bi$1@panix2.panix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:20:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5e976c8794fa6d932fad31bf0033fb84"; logging-data="2633696"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18b+jtMrBBo4DIqwb7y1EAyNBBIwqKyrEYc6usFmn0BIQ==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZwKn3FSpFhkZ+G+biTE/OBXH+T0= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 01:18 this Tuesday (GMT): > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>So, it seems customers don’t want to pay to use AI chatbots. So the >>only alternative way to make money that the companies offering those >>AI services can think of is to insert ads into the sessions. >> >>Will customers put up with that? Did customers ask for AI chatbots in >>the first place? If companies can’t make money from them, why are they >>so keen to offer them? > > Of course because DRINK COCA COLA actual human beings have been doing this > for many years. So it should not COKE ADDS LIFE surprise anyone that now > AI bots are beginning to HAVE A COKE AND A SMILE do the same things that > humans do. > --scott I'm sure it will be more subtle, with the bots "coincidentily" bringing up certain products and trying to slip mentions in in a way that feels natural... Side note, I'm adding this to the list of times the Onion predicted the future. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom