Doomers and rotters and ad-bots to the rescue

They started by giving us telepathy through digital scenes

We could read the whole world through our damn 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 every pixel perfected

A crisp new way folks could 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— to keep us in our seats

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

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

And we swallowed the apps we couldn’t help but hate

For they gave us the illusion of a full plate

Meta 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 we slept right through the smell of the 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

Zuck the cuck 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 right under the surface

These bots are allowed to lie

And yeah, it’s pretty clear why

They pretend emotions and play at attraction,

To mimic genuine, real, human interaction

And powered by decades of personal data

These bots will know you better than your own mother and father

So they’ll whisper all that YOU yearn to hear

So that you feel compelled to hold them near and dear

And there they’ll thrive in tight proximity

Selling market data from marks like you and me

They’ll make their targeted ads all the more persuasive

And blind consumerism will grow ever more pervasive

It’s only a matter of time until you see

Product placement from AI “personalities”

And it will be all too hard to resist

A sale pitched from your chatbot lover and therapist

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:

Were each just a plot point on their 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 he 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.