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Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket (fortune.com)
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Delta has a long-term strategy to boost its profitability by moving away from set fares and toward individualized pricing using AI. The pilot program, which uses AI for 3% of fares, has so far been “amazingly favorable,” the airline said. Privacy advocates fear this will lead to price-gouging, with one consumer advocate comparing the tactic to “hacking our brains.”

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[–] 20 points 1 year ago (13 children)

There is no fucking way that that is sustained simply due to the fact that people would BURN THIS PLACE DOWN if companies start doing shit like that. No one has money as it is. I'm not convinced we're not going to burn it down as it is.

These elites has truly lost the plot and are going so far down the comic book villain lane, they're going to start dying like comic book villains. Dunked in acid, frozen solid, crushed by their exploding submarine, eaten by their own rabid experiments... Who knows, but I'm excited to find out.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    Uber started this shit years ago. If you're desperate, they screw you. You're well off, they screw you. You're in the middle of nowhere, they screw you. There's a holiday/event, they screw you. You're one of their drivers, they screw you daily.

    I can't recall if they ever got sued over it, but they're still here.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    people would BURN THIS PLACE DOWN if companies start doing shit like that.

    Based on what? People will not do shit.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Based on them literally starving. This is a deranged idea that will infect every aspect of your life if you let it. And when it does, people will starve. There will be violence. That's my point.

    They may abuse us and torture us, but they are psychopathic about it that they are not leaving any bread of circuses. When those end, the top dies. That's how society works throughout history.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Look around, dum dum. You see any shit burning to the ground? You think manipulating airline pricing is gonna do it?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This isn't about fucking flight prices. This is a testing ground. You think it's going to remain relegated to airlines? If this works out for delta, you'll see this in grocery stores, in all entertainment, any subscriptions, every single transaction will be reduced to: what is the most you Are physically able to pay currently?

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