This is a great post which raises the very important issue of the threat to our privacy from AI. Of course, we're not the only group who desire privacy; and I wonder whether, just as we have browsers that don't track our movements etc, the desire of a substantial section of the market for genuine privacy might not lead to the creation of AI tools that don't report all our activities to the police. Or perhaps this is a vain hope. I don't know enough about the technology to judge. Of course, legislators could make it illegal to manufacture or use AI which doesn't report out activities to the police; so the problem may be the political one of stopping our elected representatives whipping up fears in the population (terrorists, crime, illegal migrants, paedophiles) that enable them to pass laws that do away with privacy in return for a bogus security. But I have no particular solution to this political problem. (With regard to posting material to the main board that I would otherwise post on OC, I understand your point, but I would be reluctant to engage in a revolt against rules that others here seem to be happy with, and which do seem to serve some useful purpose.) |