>Ads are bad enough today, but it's possible the future will be worse: product placement in everything, everywhere, all of the time.
Right, and it could be that a measurable criteria to optimize for will be the path finding from prompts to naturalistic conversations that mention products or even that reinforce consumerist thought patterns and consumerist self perception.
Suddenly your "friend" starts recommending Coke or talking about it. But your friend is the AI now because everyone is lonely and living in their Death Stranding cells.
Right, and it could be that a measurable criteria to optimize for will be the path finding from prompts to naturalistic conversations that mention products or even that reinforce consumerist thought patterns and consumerist self perception.