Beware of the Shadows: AI and Dark Patterns in Our Digital Life

Author(s): Cezary Gesikowski

Originally published on Towards AI.

Exploring the intersection of user experience, artificial intelligence, and the eerie dance of dark patterns

“The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life.” —Bill Gates

image by the author via Midjourney

You wake up to your alarm clock, check your email, get a weather report and your upcoming daily events from your smartphone, and order a latte from your favourite coffee shop app to pick up on your daily commute carefully designed by a navigation app using live traffic data, make a video call to your friend on another side of the globe, and barely bat an eye. For the… Read the full blog for free on Medium.

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