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Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, remember everything you do

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Re: Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, remember everything you do

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Anyone mad at the universities that actually collected this data? Or just Facebook?

I am mad at both. Universities should not participate in such unethical activities!

Just as a reminder Cambridge Analytica also started at a University. And many politicians are seek advice from academics who are directly or indirectly incentivized by Facebook. Through grants and/or through access to data others don't have access to.

Re: Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, remember everything you do

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What are you all doing to allow those of us that don’t want to be a part of your utopia to opt out?

I encourage you to read the details of the news, in particular how the data was collected with full consent from all (something that most research datasets don’t do well). It doesn’t answer your question directly but gives you an idea on how we think about these issues. AI-powered wearables will have stringent privacy guarantees, both for the wearer and the people around.

What I mean is, once this product goes live, how can I opt out of being “incidentally” included in your data collection by everyone dumb enough to buy this product?

Re: Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, remember everything you do

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It's hard to elaborate on something that's not developed yet. Here are the principles we are using when developing these products: https://about.facebook.com/realitylabs/responsible-innovatio... In practice, it will mean that some things you will know about, but don't necessarily give consent (i.e., someone taking a picture or a video of you), while other will likely require consent (i.e., recognizing you in these pi…

> In practice, it will mean that some things you will know about, but don't necessarily give consent (i.e., someone taking a picture or a video of you) This would be outright illegal in the EU. Even someone is taking photos / videos of me this person is not allowed to share those with third parties without my consent. If this content is going straight to FB this wouldn't be legal in the first place. Of course FB is f…

> Even someone is taking photos / videos of me this person is not allowed to share those with third parties without my consent.

Is that really true? Does that mean every tourist taking photos with an iCloud connected phone is violating some European law?

Re: Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, remember everything you do

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One of the features outlined in the article for this post was for the glasses to remember things that other people said. How would such other people who don't want to be recorded for these purposes opt out?

That’s a good question and I don’t think we have all the answers yet. But I expect that many functionalities will need to request and get consent from 3rd parties.

So, will I have to sign a consent agreement every time I talk to a d*** wearing these glasses? Is this the "irl" equivalent of the cookie consent banner in the web browser? Heaven forbid. I want to be positive about technological advancements but I'm frankly flabbergasted that anyone, including you, thinks this is a good idea for the world. And in my heart of hearts I have to think that your salary and prestige are coming before your integrity and common sense.
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