People’s social profiles remain after that person is gone. What if their voices were taken over by AI designed to create advertisements that look like natural word-of-mouth recommendations. Could these digital ghosts be comforting to the bereaved?
– H.F.G.
Easier said than done right?
Imagine if you’re profile was used to promote politics that don’t fit your values because your friends on social media were identified as undecided voters… that might suck a bit.
What do you think?
Maybe the pain of promoting something you don’t agree with would be subdued a bit with some cash for the use of your information and image?
– H.F.G.
What if Social Media platforms, which already know everything about you (and what you’re likely to do in the future) used this information to turn you into unwitting mouthpieces for businesses?
– H.F.G.
Sometimes you’ve got the best of intentions, but you can’t predict or control how people will react. Maybe a product designed to help people make friends could make them feel like they’ve been tricked instead.
– H.F.G.