It's All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card

theatlantic.com

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Cached publicity for a thing called instinct. Flagging

This is The Atlantic. A very long-established magazine.

The Atlantic is pretty much just a brand these days.

It is controlled by the Emerson Collective: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Collective

That's why the article addresses the problem of AI using someone's credit card and not an issue that effects people like the unbanked.

affects

Yes, a person who is unbanked wouldn't need or be able to use this product, as well as 90% of any other product talked about on Hacker News, or in the Wall Street Journal, or in the New York Times. Does every piece need a statement lamenting the plight of the unbanked?

The Atlantic’s historical reputation is for its bold anti-slavery stance, muck-raking journalism, and literary bent.

It abandoned that history when Jobs purchased it.

Your argument from authority was based on referencing the magazine’s grand history.

A product placement advertorial for a Silicon Valley startup shows how far it has fallen. And the nature of your defense is misplaced though understandable.

or what if we can give the ai machines our statements to better track trace and spend

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