“If algorithmic targeting disrupts your society, the culprit is most likely not algorithmic targeting”

Or replace AI/algorithmic targeting with tech in general and the disruption target with whatever it targets and you’d realize the problem with the sentence.

Technological advances have disrupted plenty of fields. That doesn’t mean those fields were fundamentally flawed. Every arena has a certain degree of dysfunction. AI has its own massive share of issues already. But that doesn’t negate the whole field.

Take the classic example of the Travel Agent. They are all but extinct because of technology. Yet they did serve a legitimate purpose before. Yes, plenty of them were middlemen who didn’t care, but also plenty were passionate about organizing travel plans and helping people arrange their travels and vacations. Plenty of people using AI today are also middlemen between you and Claude who also don’t care