When a chatbot recommends products, is it picking the best or the best-framed?
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-11-10
The author argues there hasn't been enough public discourse around ads served via chatbots, and around how AI systems search, evaluate and recommend products and services to users.
Her sharp question: when Claude picks a product for you, is it choosing the genuinely best product, or the one whose description slides most smoothly into Claude's favorite frames and metaphors? It extends her earlier thread on post-AI software — how information intermediaries stay loyal to users' interests deserves far more discussion.
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