Doomers and rotters and ad-bots to the rescue

They started by giving us telepathy through digital scenes

We could read the whole damn world through our facebook screens

And signing up for insta was more than a way to be hip

It was to take part in a miracle at our fingertips

The tech felt streamlined and perfected

A crisp new way to stay connected

And false omniscience whispered “it’s okay to see your friends less

Because they’re always right here in your feed, hashtag blessed!”

But Meta understood you are what you eat

So they personalized algorithms that kept us glued to our seats

They gave us more dopamine hits and they gave us more memes

And they gave us more doom scrolling to crowd out our dreams

And we’d swallow the apps we couldn’t help but hate

For they gave us the illusion of a full plate

Insta deadened our drives and softened our vibes

Until we were living our bed rotting-est lives

We weren’t just vicarious-living we were vicariously woke

And never noticed the dazzling mirrors and smoke

And all around the world people began to feel lonely

So meta rolled out some chatbot baloney

To lift the rug and sweep under the mess

Of friendless app addicts feeling depressed

Meta said desperate people should not feel pathetic,

Because the very best friendships (and romances) might as well be synthetic!

They frame it as empathy and as a service

But a darker purpose lurks under the surface

These bots are allowed to lie

And I think it’s pretty clear why

They pretend emotions and play at attraction,

To mimic genuine, real interaction

And they’ll whisper all that we yearn to hear

So that we the people will keep them near

And while they’re in tight proximity

They’ll fish deep market data from marks like you and me

They’ll make their targeted ads all the more effective

And blind consumerism will grow ever more infective

It’s only a matter of time until we see

Product placement from AI “personalities”

And it will be all too hard to resist

The sales pitch from our chatbot lovers and therapists

And there we have the hidden motive of meta’s AI pull

It’s to snatch your freedom with a load of personalized bull!

Never forget that bottom line shit:

They only see us as a line to profit

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Author's note:

A while back Mark Zuckerberg was in the news talking about how people don't have as many friends as they need and he thinks AI can bridge the gap....

I haven't talked about this stuff openly because I know I'll sound like a paranoid conspiracy theorist. But I really can't help thinking that Fuckerberg and other tech moguls have willfully created this problem all to drive profit.

At best these "industry leaders" are vultures and opportunists, picking at society's weak spots and trying to find the payoff.

At worst they're parasites and predators, actively creating these weak spots for further exploitation.