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Am I the only one who is skeptical about this announcement? I am sure the amount of data Facebook has will be huge asset to any sort of AI development, but prec

Am I the only one who is skeptical about this announcement? I am sure the amount of data Facebook has will be huge asset to any sort of AI development, but precisely because of the amount of data and the kinds of data they have, it's just scary what this could be used for... AI that has personal information of 500M+ people, using it to manipulate people...(first to click on advertisements, and then much more). In the hands of government, I shudder to think what's possible. With NSA already snooping around, perhaps it's not all that distant.

justaman 13y ago
The announcement of an organization who's revenue is based on advertising doing research into AI deeply scares me. Take a look at this MIT study. Each day our corporation based government takes a step closer to 1984 and each day people become more and more apathetic and quick to change the subject at the first sign of the conversation. http://web.mit.edu/people/amliu/Papers/PentlandLiu_NeuralComp99_v11n2.pdf http://web.mit.edu/people/amliu/Papers/PentlandLiu_NeuralCom...
- tehf0x 13y ago
  Umm what do you think google's revenue is based on?
  - justaman 13y ago
    Google's mission is "Dont be evil". They have since crossed this line, and will again. I do not trust google either.
    - Karunamon 13y ago
      If you consider selling ads and complying with the appropriate authorities when compelled to "evil", that is.
- eli_gottlieb 13y ago
  That was published in 1999 and we still don't have pre-crime reporting security cameras flagging me everywhere I go. Just saying.
  - Houshalter 13y ago
    Technology takes time. We'll have them soon, just wait.
jfoster 13y ago
Would facebook's data actually be useful to the NSA? I think they would get a lot more actionable data out of emails, SMSes, phone transcripts, accounting software, project management software, etc. The only thing I can imagine facebook being good for is perhaps knowing who they want to start looking at in the future. Search engine history might be more effective for that, though.
- justaman 13y ago
  The point is, this data exists. The NSA has all of it. What are they doing with it? Probably nothing good.

justaman 13y ago

The announcement of an organization who's revenue is based on advertising doing research into AI deeply scares me. Take a look at this MIT study. Each day our corporation based government takes a step closer to 1984 and each day people become more and more apathetic and quick to change the subject at the first sign of the conversation. http://web.mit.edu/people/amliu/Papers/PentlandLiu_NeuralComp99_v11n2.pdf http://web.mit.edu/people/amliu/Papers/PentlandLiu_NeuralCom...

tehf0x 13y ago
Umm what do you think google's revenue is based on?
- justaman 13y ago
  Google's mission is "Dont be evil". They have since crossed this line, and will again. I do not trust google either.
  - Karunamon 13y ago
    If you consider selling ads and complying with the appropriate authorities when compelled to "evil", that is.
eli_gottlieb 13y ago
That was published in 1999 and we still don't have pre-crime reporting security cameras flagging me everywhere I go. Just saying.
- Houshalter 13y ago
  Technology takes time. We'll have them soon, just wait.

jfoster 13y ago

Would facebook's data actually be useful to the NSA? I think they would get a lot more actionable data out of emails, SMSes, phone transcripts, accounting software, project management software, etc. The only thing I can imagine facebook being good for is perhaps knowing who they want to start looking at in the future. Search engine history might be more effective for that, though.

justaman 13y ago
The point is, this data exists. The NSA has all of it. What are they doing with it? Probably nothing good.