Toronto business owners are using AI-generated “concerned residents” to fight a proposed bus lane

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• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  How is this not fraud?

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  • kescusay@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s… Well, it’s 100% fraud.

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    • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      But they’re rich, so it’s just a smart business move

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• conditional_soup@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The stupid thing here is that mass transit, pedestrians, and cyclists are all way better for small businesses than huge parking lots and enforced car dependency. There’s lots of studies that show that car dependency really only benefits big box stores and big corporate chains. Fucking dumbasses.

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  • kozy138@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not if your business is car dealership

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    • girthero@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t classify most as small business anyway.

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  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s because it requires removal of 138 parking spaces.

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    • conditional_soup@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Right, but there’s lots of studies that show that those parking spaces are actually much more beneficial to everyone- business included- as bike lanes, bus lanes, seating stalls, and nearly anything else besides parking.

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• drdiddlybadger@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Boycott their businesses.

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  • Litebit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    replace them with AI.

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• 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The Petty Bourgeoisie.

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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  People say right-wingers aren’t creative. But look at all the different ways they’ve found to say ‘lies’!

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• einlander@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ai agents are a sin.

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  • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    As with any technology, it’s how it’s used that counts.

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    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Or the purpose of creation. Give me something actually useful that actually solves problems please jfc.

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    • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      AI doesn’t kill people. People kill people!

      AI does, however, kill polar bears.

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• Sibshops@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Wouldn’t businesses want more people, tho?

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  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Businesses ≠ Business owners

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• Chip_Rat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Another example of AI putting real humans out of work. Up until recently I used to to get paid good money to ride my bike in loops past survey cameras while wearing different hats. Now, my phone never rings and I’ve had to slowly sell off my collection to make rent. Even if I do get another job offer, I’m down to like 7 hats, most clients I deal with expect twice that many hats for the money they spend.

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• tyler@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  He adds that the space issue would be compounded by Uber and Instacart drivers, who need somewhere to park while they pick up orders for customers.

  Maybe with the bus lanes your new traffic from getting bus loads of people to your doorstep will mean that people don’t need to get food delivery as much.

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• DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  After the reveal today of Google Veo 3 and now this… We are truly and utterly fucked

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• blargle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Does she know…? Does she know she’s an ad?

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