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  • Complete paranoia about Google manipulation

    From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 4 18:08:19 2025
    My brain has completely atrophied and there's nothing there except what
    Google has put into it.

    I've complained for years that I talk about something in real life or on Usenet, I type something into the search bar on a browser, and within 3
    or 4 keystrokes, the topic comes up as a search suggestion, even if I
    think it's obscure. This is evidence that the microchip in my brain is functioning.

    It's gotten so much worse.

    Now, intellectually, in the back of my mind, if I'm listening to a lecture,
    I know that it needs to be delivered by a middle-aged dude, out of shape, ill-fitting suit, thick glasses, balding, with an unpleasant nasal
    voice. Otherwise, I'm not listening to the arguments, just reacting to
    the speaker.

    Emotionally, I can be persuaded to do or think anything. A woman younger
    than me that maybe we could share values, but not too much younger that
    we have no possible way of communicating. Long hair, brunette or dark
    blonde. About my height. Alto voice.

    Now, Google knows this. The same woman has been turning up in my YouTube
    feeds all week, either lecturing herself or being interviewed.

    Let's say I were somebody important rather than another loudmouth with
    an opinion. A CEO looking to merge corporations. Someone like her might
    cause me to overlook problems in her company's financial statements.

    Or I were a top politician or president. Xi Jinping would have sent over
    such a woman to lead a negotiating team. Would I then order an aircraft
    carrier and associated battle group to withdraw a few miles from the Philipines?

    Also, is this a woman or is it AI?

    I'm doomed. The rest of you, save yourselves if it's not too late.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From shawn@21:1/5 to ahk@chinet.com on Wed Jun 4 15:39:42 2025
    On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 18:08:19 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    My brain has completely atrophied and there's nothing there except what >Google has put into it.

    I've complained for years that I talk about something in real life or on >Usenet, I type something into the search bar on a browser, and within 3
    or 4 keystrokes, the topic comes up as a search suggestion, even if I
    think it's obscure. This is evidence that the microchip in my brain is >functioning.

    It's gotten so much worse.

    Now, intellectually, in the back of my mind, if I'm listening to a lecture,
    I know that it needs to be delivered by a middle-aged dude, out of shape, >ill-fitting suit, thick glasses, balding, with an unpleasant nasal
    voice. Otherwise, I'm not listening to the arguments, just reacting to
    the speaker.

    Emotionally, I can be persuaded to do or think anything. A woman younger
    than me that maybe we could share values, but not too much younger that
    we have no possible way of communicating. Long hair, brunette or dark
    blonde. About my height. Alto voice.

    Now, Google knows this. The same woman has been turning up in my YouTube >feeds all week, either lecturing herself or being interviewed.

    Let's say I were somebody important rather than another loudmouth with
    an opinion. A CEO looking to merge corporations. Someone like her might
    cause me to overlook problems in her company's financial statements.

    Or I were a top politician or president. Xi Jinping would have sent over
    such a woman to lead a negotiating team. Would I then order an aircraft >carrier and associated battle group to withdraw a few miles from the >Philipines?

    Also, is this a woman or is it AI?

    I'm doomed. The rest of you, save yourselves if it's not too late.

    Welcome to the machine.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBPrvDY6hzo

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)