> It’s not perfect but the amount and types of data this will collect will be massive.
This is particularly concerning. Sharing deeply personal thoughts with the corporations running these models will be normalized, just as sharing email data, photos, documents, etc., is today. Some of these companies profit directly from personal data, and when it comes to adtech, we can be sure that they will exploit this in the most nefarious ways imaginable. I have no doubt that models run by adtech companies will eventually casually slip ads into conversations, based on the exact situation and feelings of the person. Even non-adtech companies won't be able to resist cashing in the bottomless gold mine of data they'll be collecting.
I can picture marketers just salivating at the prospect of getting access to this data, and being able to microtarget on an individual basis at exactly the right moment, pretty much guaranteeing a sale. Considering AI agents will gain a personal trust and bond that humans have never experienced with machines before, we will be extra vulnerable to even the slightest mention of a product, in a similar way as we can be easily influenced by a close friend or partner. Except that that "friend" is controlled by a trillion dollar adtech corporation.
I would advise anyone to not be enticed by the shiny new tech, and wait until this can be self-hosted and run entirely offline. It's imperative that personal data remains private, now more than ever before.
Exactly this, plus consider that a whole new generation in the near future will have no pre-AI experience, thus forming strong bonds with AI and following 'advice' from their close AI friends.
This is particularly concerning. Sharing deeply personal thoughts with the corporations running these models will be normalized, just as sharing email data, photos, documents, etc., is today. Some of these companies profit directly from personal data, and when it comes to adtech, we can be sure that they will exploit this in the most nefarious ways imaginable. I have no doubt that models run by adtech companies will eventually casually slip ads into conversations, based on the exact situation and feelings of the person. Even non-adtech companies won't be able to resist cashing in the bottomless gold mine of data they'll be collecting.
I can picture marketers just salivating at the prospect of getting access to this data, and being able to microtarget on an individual basis at exactly the right moment, pretty much guaranteeing a sale. Considering AI agents will gain a personal trust and bond that humans have never experienced with machines before, we will be extra vulnerable to even the slightest mention of a product, in a similar way as we can be easily influenced by a close friend or partner. Except that that "friend" is controlled by a trillion dollar adtech corporation.
I would advise anyone to not be enticed by the shiny new tech, and wait until this can be self-hosted and run entirely offline. It's imperative that personal data remains private, now more than ever before.