Positive feedback loops in two directions. First: normalize it and sanitize its image via astroturfing, making it both ubiquitous and accepted, so people want to use it more, making it even more ubiquitous and accepted. Second: mine all the data possible from everyone using the AI through various apps and services that all have varying permissions settings on myriad devices, enabling it to be better at advertising its value as well as advertising anything else the AI owner/investor wants, driving more money to the people with skin in the game, of which they then also use some fraction to provide funding to further the first step I mentioned.
This is the song that doesn’t end,
Yes, it goes on and on, my friend…
We need better privacy laws. Until then, we need people to understand the difference between what is free and what is free*
Positive feedback loops in two directions. First: normalize it and sanitize its image via astroturfing, making it both ubiquitous and accepted, so people want to use it more, making it even more ubiquitous and accepted. Second: mine all the data possible from everyone using the AI through various apps and services that all have varying permissions settings on myriad devices, enabling it to be better at advertising its value as well as advertising anything else the AI owner/investor wants, driving more money to the people with skin in the game, of which they then also use some fraction to provide funding to further the first step I mentioned.
We need better privacy laws. Until then, we need people to understand the difference between what is free and what is free*
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