The dual nature of AI—capable of being an angel on your shoulder that guides your life or a tool that exploits and manipulates you—depends on how it is deployed, and this is why Anthropic avoids advertising models, because if users don't pay for the product, the user becomes the product and their behavioral data becomes the asset to be exploited.

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Dario Amodei

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something that knows you really well can be a sort of angel on your shoulder...or it can...use what it knows about you to...exploit you or manipulate you...this is one reason we just...don't like the idea of...using ads

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The AI Tsunami is Here & Society Isn't Ready | Dario Amodei x Nikhil Kamath | People by WTFNikhil Kamath
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:28:45 PM

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