The idea of someone AI-ifying me posthumously is gross, but deleting all record of me would be even worse.
Would you deny others their wish to have their data deleted?
The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
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Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
#12The idea of someone AI-ifying me posthumously is gross, but deleting all record of me would be even worse.
You don't get both.
You want to be remembered? You'll have no control over what future technologies people have or use. Trying to impose conditions on our descendants is pointless, overbearing, and futile.
There are billions of us here. The future will be preoccupied with itself, mostly. It would be a rare treat to be remembered at all.
We're all ephemeral. Every picture, every memento -- everything will vanish within a few generations. Even our DNA gets washed out after about a dozen generations.
It's over in a geologic blink of an eye.
Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
#13The idea of someone AI-ifying me posthumously is gross, but deleting all record of me would be even worse.
You don't get both. You want to be remembered? You'll have no control over what future technologies people have or use. Trying to impose conditions on our descendants is pointless, overbearing, and futile. There are billions of us here. The future will be preoccupied with itself, mostly. It would be a rare treat to be remembered at all. We're all ephemeral. Every picture, every memento -- everything will vanish withi…
> You don't get both.
That was my point, I guess I forgot we were on HN
Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
#14Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
#15I'm waiting for the moment when all alive internet users will become AI-ified to test how to show them better ads.
It's possible that all the necessary data is already there. In cloud storage plus those intrusive DBs for sale.
Eventually someone will start selling accurate personas for $0.99.
Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
#16I'm waiting for the moment when all alive internet users will become AI-ified to test how to show them better ads. It's possible that all the necessary data is already there. In cloud storage plus those intrusive DBs for sale. Eventually someone will start selling accurate personas for $0.99.
West World, here we come!
Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
#17I'm waiting for the moment when all alive internet users will become AI-ified to test how to show them better ads. It's possible that all the necessary data is already there. In cloud storage plus those intrusive DBs for sale. Eventually someone will start selling accurate personas for $0.99.
obligatory relevant qntm story https://qntm.org/perso
Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
#18I'm waiting for the moment when all alive internet users will become AI-ified to test how to show them better ads. It's possible that all the necessary data is already there. In cloud storage plus those intrusive DBs for sale. Eventually someone will start selling accurate personas for $0.99.
I suspect that in the near future, Meta will deploy advertisements where AI-generated images of persons who resemble, but are not identical to, an individual's friends and acquaintances are shown enjoying sponsored products.
Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says
#19The idea of someone AI-ifying me posthumously is gross, but deleting all record of me would be even worse.
I had been wondering about the philosophical ramifications of torturing a ChatGPT persona. (I'm surprised I haven't seen more of that.) Now we can do it to our enemies.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting. Why do you think that deleting all records of you would be worse?
"They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time."
All of us will be forgotten eventually after you great-grandkids forget about you. What's the point in trying to keep your name alive when you'll be too dead to care? Focus on the life you live not the one after your death.