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Curious: are you concerned about data leaks or you don't trust the employees to not access your user data? Or something else?
Yes, yes, and I don't like anything home automation to be dependant on anything cloud. Enhancing function is fine but house that stops working right the moment internet link is down is a dystopia.
I remember an Asimov short story in which scientists developed a machine that could see backward in time. If I recall correctly, the upshot was the government became terrified because any machine that can see 1000 years into the past can also see 1000 milliseconds into the past and therefore functionally be used to spy on anyone in real time.
The idea of it was that it was known that the technology existed, but the government went to great lengths to imply that it could only see into the far distant past. The reality was it could only see 20 years back or so, and the government was covering it up because of the 1000 milllisecond issue.
All of the rooms/corridors in my house except my bathrooms are covered by cameras. My initial motivation for installing them was to keep an eye on what my pets were doing when I'm not around, but I find in recent years that if I misplace something, I end up tracing back my history on the cameras and finding where I left it. It seems obvious that at some point, AI will be able to do that for me and I'll just be able t…
I would 100% prefer to lose my keys rather than letting Amazon or Google in. FYI: I have zero Alexa/Siri enabled device, zero automated home device, a degoogled phone, etc etc. So we might have different perspectives on the matter.
Note that I don't think anyone should be forced into this sort of surveilance. It should always be a choice. I also support the open source projects to bring it back to individual control - it's just too much hassle for me, personally.
All of the rooms/corridors in my house except my bathrooms are covered by cameras. My initial motivation for installing them was to keep an eye on what my pets were doing when I'm not around, but I find in recent years that if I misplace something, I end up tracing back my history on the cameras and finding where I left it. It seems obvious that at some point, AI will be able to do that for me and I'll just be able t…
When you do, can you invite me over to show me how it works? Then I'll test it for "Alexa, in which mattress does cameronh90 keep their savings?".
I figure any AI advanced enough to monitor everything I'm doing and where all my stuff is, is probably smart enough to know if it's me asking.
The future will definitely have devices which record visually/verbally all your life. VR headsets are already able to record all your facial expressions. A google glasses like gear which records all your life is pretty much possible in the near future. The future influencers won't have to carry a phone/camera to create vlogs, they would just see wherever they want and the glasses will record not only the thing they a…
All of the rooms/corridors in my house except my bathrooms are covered by cameras. My initial motivation for installing them was to keep an eye on what my pets were doing when I'm not around, but I find in recent years that if I misplace something, I end up tracing back my history on the cameras and finding where I left it. It seems obvious that at some point, AI will be able to do that for me and I'll just be able t…
Nah, is it much more efficient to distract you into loosing your box of fuses and manipulate you into buying new ones. Alexa AI doesn't work for you, it's a hired gun in your house.
"I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave, not until you watch this advert"
I remember an Asimov short story in which scientists developed a machine that could see backward in time. If I recall correctly, the upshot was the government became terrified because any machine that can see 1000 years into the past can also see 1000 milliseconds into the past and therefore functionally be used to spy on anyone in real time.
It was The Dead Past [1] The idea of it was that it was known that the technology existed, but the government went to great lengths to imply that it could only see into the far distant past. The reality was it could only see 20 years back or so, and the government was covering it up because of the 1000 milllisecond issue. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Past
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I would 100% prefer to lose my keys rather than letting Amazon or Google in. FYI: I have zero Alexa/Siri enabled device, zero automated home device, a degoogled phone, etc etc. So we might have different perspectives on the matter.
Each to their own. Personally the value these cloud/AI assistants give me is worth the loss of privacy. There's nothing I do that I think anyone would be especially interested in spying on, other than to try and sell me things. Note that I don't think anyone should be forced into this sort of surveilance. It should always be a choice. I also support the open source projects to bring it back to individual control - it…
they've got you right where they want you.
Sounds very similar to the guy talked about in Albert-László Barabási's book (either Bursts, or Linked ... don't recall which atm) - he was photoing/videoing his whole life, but never of himself - ie, the camera was always facing outward (like a policeman's bodycam)