Feels like we're now firmly in the "desperation" phase for companies who have sunk a ton of cash into AI which nobody asked for. They're frantically trying to justify that spend in via evidence of "user engagement" in any way they can.
I'm sure we're all seeing increasing pushiness and use of dark patterns to force use of AI e.g. WhatsApp searchbar now being "Ask Meta AI or Search"
@tdp_org @dyckron Happens every time. Companies are still trying to find ways to force us to download their pointless apps onto our phones, because they can't admit it was a freaking waste of resourcesā¦ recently my grocery store chain started making coupons "loaded" to our rewards cards not actually work the same day. Cashiers are ordered to tell people they should use the app instead, and prohibited from overriding to make it work without coming back the next day.
I wish I were kidding.
Neil Craig
Dustin D. Wind