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California May Ban Lyft And Uber From AI Price Gouging Users With Low Phone Batteries

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Submitted ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨return2ozma@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨aboringdystopia@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.jalopnik.com/1933954/california-may-ban-lyft-uber-ai-price-gouge/

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  • bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As if that shouldn’t have been a thing to begin with.

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    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Corporations aren there to maximize profits. Not defending them, that’s just what they are.

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      • DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Remember when basically all CEOs were espousing how they’re company was working to make the world a better place? No one even pretends anymore

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      • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        And this is why profits above a certain threshold need to be taxed to oblivion.

        Massive profit cannot be the single goal.

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      • Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Like those stupid broomsticks from fantasia

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  • unmagical@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How is that AI related at all and not just an if statement and a couple statistical regressions to find an economically optimal battery percentage to price multiplier?

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    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Any time software makes a decision it is apparently considered AI now because that makes for a divisive headline

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      • Hacksaw@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’ll pay you 1 billion dollars to integrate that AI into my novel cloud connected toilet paper dispenser!

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    • kn33@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If they build a model which uses charge level as an input to predict the price they’re willing to pay, that would be using AI.

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      • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It is weird how that makes it worse. Not just we knew there was a possibility you could be desperate so we raised the price, but more <whispers>we know exactly how desperate you are…

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    • khaleer@sopuli.xyz ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      We had “enterprise” lessons of sort. One of the topics was “brand message to make the world a better place”. I was 15yo back then, but even as a stupid kid I saw it as enormous bullshit

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  • sramder@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Vincent Van Gouging… huh 🤔

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