Back in the bad old days, people created websites because they had no choice in the matter. You simply had to do that to share anything with the rest of the world. Most of the tools we had back then still exist. The barrier to entry has never been lower, and those that are motivated to tinker do just that. But going through history... once mainstream blogging became a thing, and then social media conquered all, the motivation to share with others became monetized, as did the methods of sharing with others. AI isn't going to fix that. On the flip side, those same monsters that destroyed the world we knew through monetizing everything are the same ones spending trillions of dollars on AI.

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WalterBright 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> those same monsters that destroyed the world we knew through monetizing everything

That's why we get to use google for free.

I use a ton of excellent free software.

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Terr_ an hour ago | parent [-]

"You're not the customer, you're the product being sold."

It's all very "free" until ICE rams my car and drags me away because someone sold them the geolocation and facial-recognition data being automatically collected by that "excellent" software.

OK, sure, that's a dramatic example, but the same principle holds for plenty of other scenarios involving employers, insurance rates, etc.

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WalterBright an hour ago | parent [-]

The government already has your facial features recorded and databased. (From your passport photo, DL photo, and when you get on an airplane.) LPRs are being installed all over town by the government.

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		I'm not sure what you mean here: Are you agreeing and layering on other depressing considerations, or are you downplaying that kind of privacy-break as having no effect? It does matter. Imagine if Anne Frank (or Anna Franco) is hiding in my attic, and then myself or a guest accidentally takes a picture, perhaps without disabling the internet connection. There's also the the social-graph it allows someone to construct: https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metad...
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