Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI
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Re: Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI
#2Well they don't really know if someone is an adult or not. Just because they say they are 13 doesn't mean that they really were when they signed up. And 13 is hardly an adult now is it?
Re: Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI
#3I am the product.
Re: Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI
#4Well they don't really know if someone is an adult or not. Just because they say they are 13 doesn't mean that they really were when they signed up. And 13 is hardly an adult now is it?
Is this an important distinction?
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#5Discussion (81 points, 3 days ago, 79 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41508158
Re: Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI
#6I don't understand how this surprises anyone. You choose to give them your data. It's not free. If you don't want them to have your data, don't give it away.
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#7Why is this surprising? They’ve always done this. In fact I’d be surprised if they didn’t do this. Fwiw - llama is free to use. So I guess it’s a good enough return.
I don’t use Facebook. I’m not sure if they can peek into WhatsApp messages.
Re: Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI
#8I don't understand how this surprises anyone. You choose to give them your data. It's not free. If you don't want them to have your data, don't give it away.
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Re: Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI
#9Skynet Ads are "said" to be preferred. "People prefer to see relevant ads." Can AI understand humans better than humans understand themselves? Can Humans understand the consciousness of Dogs and Cats better than they do?
The objective answer feels like No but the subjective answer feels like Yes. Humans will never understand how an animal truely thinks but we understand how to control them.
Re: Facebook scraped every Australian adult user's public posts to train AI
#10Funny to think that the distillation of 16 years of Facebook posts is now considered "intelligence."