Maybe Big Tech isn't the problem — maybe it's humanity

We blame photoshopping and social sites for an increase in body dysmorphia, but I remember fad diets in the 1980s, pre-internet, writes Byddi Lee
Maybe Big Tech isn't the problem — maybe it's humanity

There is nothing new about bullying, cyber or otherwise. Technology simply makes that easier.

First thing this morning, a WhatsApp from Meta invited me to ask their AI to “imagine" me in a pink ski suit, or “imagine” a professional portrait of me, and it will create the image. 

Minutes later, I opened my emails to Audible offering "virtual voice" AI-narrated audiobooks — allowing me to create an audiobook from my e-books using computer-generated voices. 

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