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AI's Secret Tutor: Your Ad Clicks

29 May 2026 · The Neural Feed

“Future AI: powered by clicks, optimized for impulse buys.”

The story behind the toon

What happened: Future AI: powered by clicks, optimized for impulse buys.

This Neural Toon is based on the story “An Interview with Eric Seufert About Models and Ads, and AI’s Upside for Humanity”.

Panel 1 – Mia: I spent 4 hours fixing an AI that thought 'dinner' meant 'dinnerware.'

Panel 1 – Jake: But this new model uses real user behavior!

Panel 2 – Mia: Eric Seufert says ads teach AI what humans actually choose.

Panel 2 – Jake: So Meta's 3 billion daily clicks are better than Wikipedia?

Panel 3 – Mia: Your $10 chatbot will soon owe Meta for its training data.

Panel 3 – Jake: Startups can't compete with that scale.

Panel 4 – Mia: The catch: it learns what sells, not what's right.

Panel 4 – Jake: So my smart assistant is a sales tool?