The ‘like’ button ruined social media – are we making the same mistake with AI?
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The ‘like’ button was a single design choice that had profoundly harmful downstream effects.
AI sycophancy could be the next one, says Annabel Gillard I’ve been working on the human impact of AI in our work and lives since 2020, but City AM asked a genuinely new question that prompted this piece.
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