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UK government announces crackdown on AI chatbots and infinte scroll (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Tywele@piefed.social 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Personally after 3 pages I close the app because I notice that I've been spending way too much time on it. Infinite scroll makes you forget how much time you spend on it.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

If you can't control yourself, you can always get the state to control everybody.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 2 points 18 hours ago

If you can't control yourself, you can always get the state to control everybody

"I can handle crack just fine! I don't know why it's outlawed!"

State control applies to a lot of addictive substances that cause material harm to society in general.

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