Comment by beeflet
I agree, but the question is whether or not normal people will stop using them.
I agree, but the question is whether or not normal people will stop using them.
How do you ignore ads when you ask for a recipe and it suggests using <insert brand-name here> ingredients, due to their superior flavors, textures, ability to mesh with the other ingredients, etc? Sure, you can decide to go with another brand, but over time, that stuff has the ability to stick in your brain. There have been many billions sunk into how to psychologically manipulate humans to get them to come buy your products, for instance McDs figured out decades ago through research that by giving away free toys in children's meals, the kids will whine and pester parents after seeing a commercial for a new toy from the latest superhero movie they just saw. Some parents will say no, but enough parents, after a long day/week of working will just give in.
Sure my example of asking for a recipe is contrived but imagine that for every query you make, that AI suggests using this framework for your web development, or basically any query you can think of will make subtle suggestions to use a specific product with compelling reasons why e.g. the competition has known bugs that will affect you personally!
The possibilities are endless.
I think the empirical answer is no. Look at how many ads there are in everything and people still use it.