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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

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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?

Actually, do living persons have the right to die? That's really not firmly established legally — the state has been saying no to suicide for a long time.

Not making a moral claim here, just pointing out that something that seems to be an individual right might not have strong legal precedence.

Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you deny others their wish to have their data deleted?

Actually, do living persons have the right to die? That's really not firmly established legally — the state has been saying no to suicide for a long time. Not making a moral claim here, just pointing out that something that seems to be an individual right might not have strong legal precedence.

And if you live in GA and are a medical brain dead, your family doesn’t even have the right to take you off of life support if you are pregnant and you must suffer…

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/07/nx...

Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says

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I'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.

We are?? Just they don't run LLMs, but they certainly use a lot of AI to target the right ads for us.

I don't think you need to run the LLM, or that you gain that much from doing it. AI is probably going to be on the ad side to support micro targeting, is my guess.

Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says

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I'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 guess the efficacy of that would depend on whether you think a realistic profile of someone can actually be made from their online activities.

Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says

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I can't wait to try to look up some historical quotes by a public figure, only to find that all copies of it have been scrubbed from the web under some content ownership law that says that people own their words and can retroactively recall them so they can't be stolen by AI.

Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says

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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?

No, but it definitely should not be automatic. I'm willing to bet that the vast majority would not choose to have their online information erased posthumously.

Re: The dead need right to delete their data so they can't be AI-ified, lawyer says

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The rich would harvest the organs of every dead person if there wasn't a law that required your consent first.

We live in a world where exploitation and ownership of every bit of your digital existence is the manifest destiny of the Silicon Valley tech oligarchy. Even enshrining dignity in our own death will require fighting their armies of bots manufacturing consent on their behalf.

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