AI is about to change how you use computers

Post by Animats » Fri, Nov 10, 2023, 11:45 PM UTC

knowledge-clay wrote: post #43

Animats wrote: post #31

> And depending on how much information you choose to share with it, the software will be able to respond personally because it will have a rich understanding of your life. That understanding will belong to some company whose interests and goals are not yours. This will not bother most people. Most people are willing to use GMail, even though it snoops on their private emails and uses that info for advertising purpos…

> This will not bother most people. Most people are willing to use GMail, even though it snoops on their private emails and uses that info for advertising purposes. While I agree with your larger point and am no fan of Google's privacy practices, they stopped this specific behavior in 2017 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/26/534451513...

    "The activity information that we collect may include:

    Terms that you search for
    Videos that you watch
    Views and interactions with content and ads
    Voice and audio information
    Purchase activity
    People with whom you communicate or share content"