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Bonus: Alex Hirsch is the creator of Gravity Falls

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[-] stupe@lemmy.zip 229 points 22 hours ago

Why is he so interested in having people upload schedules of what their kids are doing?

[-] FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago

He's kind of the most evil business man ever, because:

  • he believes/knows climate change to be real
  • he understands that society reducing its energy consumption has the power to reduce or reverse climate change
  • nonetheless, Sam Altman sells a product that does almost nothing, (certainly doesn't do what it says on the tin very well)
  • and is relying on everyone massively increasing their energy consumption to power the roll-out of this.
[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 7 hours ago

his master, anti-christ thiel demands it thats why.

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 94 points 20 hours ago

Avoiding the obvious reference to fiddling, I think these tech companies need kids to be as reliant and addicted to their products as possible. TikTok and Youtube were the trailblazers in the electronic addiction economy.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

funny thing is the techbros own kids are shielded away fromthe brainrot, they made sure they go to montiserri private school away from tech. they need future customers, not thier own kids, which would have thier own agency.

[-] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 35 points 20 hours ago

And also knowing your children's schedule is a good predictor for wealth.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 41 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Adults are stubborn and set in their ways. Kids are easier to mould to new ideas.

If they can get the kids hooked on AI tools, they'll run with it until they're old enough to be making the decisions and by then they'll want the tools they've grown up using: AI.

It's a marketing strategy, and an effective one at that.

That, and Altmans probably got a comfortable seat on the Epstein list.

[-] sobchak@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours ago

Sam allegedly raped his sister.

[-] FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago
[-] sobchak@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

IDK what the best source would be, but there are many (Reuters?).

[-] Redditmodstouchgrass@lemmy.zip 7 points 15 hours ago

Toy Story 6: Bonnie gets abducted by Altman.

[-] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 40 points 22 hours ago

This is what someone needs to push, you know why, I know why, now let the world know why!!

[-] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 13 points 21 hours ago

How else are they going to sell targeted advertising?

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

The actual, boring answer is because family calendars can get complicated quickly and then ore people are involved and updating them the easier it is to miss something. So the use case of "will help you keep track of what the fuck is going on" is a legitimate advertising angle.

In an absurd sense, it's similar to the "oops, we forgot to put the safeties on and our super clever bot totally autonomously did something insanely sophisticated. Don't worry, we fixed it though". Anything sophisticated enough to stalk and harass a journalist is more than capable of planning a meeting.

Anything capable of putting together a podcast about everything going on is more than capable of actually sending you a reliable reminder for a doctor's appointment for your second kid that you weren't told about, or letting you know that you're not free Wednesday at 1 when talking with the repair person.

[-] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

I have two young kids, complicated health and a demanding international job. A simple calendar app is more than adequate. No "intelligence" required. And why is your bot listening in to your discussion with the repair person, did you ask their permission first? What else is it listening to, and who is profiting off that information?

I get that it's a fun toy, but you really have some big blind spots to paint this stuff as acceptable, let alone desirable.

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 26 minutes ago

Oh, I didn't say it was acceptable or desirable. I guess that's why the downvotes.

I think that's what they're advertising, as opposed to the people who think it's a deep plot to hook kids or something.

The free shared group calendar that comes with my stuff is all I use for a similar setup. Only thing I wish it had was a better ability to notify me if someone else added an event, since I regularly have conversations with contractors or whatever where I say anytime should be fine, and then immediately have to backpedal when checking the calendar.

But for clarification, I don't want what I described and I don't think they can actually do most if any of what they imply with these backhanded advertisments.
I just think "manage the schedules of a busy family" is one of the most tried "wholesome" advertising gambits.

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