Artificial Intelligence, security, social media and more (bias, rating, parties)
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How BOTH parties are using AI. Q is merely illustrative of one end product this tech.
Short video showing the historical background and intermingling of politics, the internet, intelligence agencies, privacy, manipulation of the masses and social media. Names, dates, faces, documents. I think this woman may be onto something, connecting the dots. Fascinating!
Don't waste our time and yours commenting if you haven't watched it. I'm especially interested in computer geeks' thoughts.
Sorry, I won't watch 20 minutes watching a video of someone I've never heard of. Let me know when you link to an article by someone with some expertise.
I always heard intelligent people liked new ideas, opinions and perspectives instead of rotting inside an echo chamber. Well, here is someone with expertise, a friend who actually worked in AI but is now retired. He was often an expert witness in court. I asked for his opinion since this is his field.
Yes the internet is open to control and limitation of use by governments. Indeed crypto keys are used in roughly that way, and open to interception and I supposed the key authorities system could be penetrated to permit govt access. But IMO great exaggeration of “control of individuals” etc. But reading the encrypted email of some target, entirely plausible. But note the concern today about those messaging systems that encrypt everything – baddies use, and authorities can’t penetrate. . And keys can be changed. There is the Dark Web too – different protocols, need different browsers, but readily accessible if you want to get the software. Where I lose touch with the video is that the tech is susceptible to “overall control” by some malign operation. (It may happen!) Penetrating/hacking a system happens all the time, and GCHQ, NSA are probably supreme experts. Countries keep national control. And have masses of data on individuals, email records. But that is monitoring not controlling. And there are “private networks” for security agencies - of course.
The video flies completely off the rails on AI, towards the end. Yes, each individual capability is achievable to some degree with huge computer power within a narrow focus. From a mass of activity and preference and usage data it is possible to extract statistical info and hence build an AI model to predict whatever on that basis. Also re adverts (ordinary or political) to focus on those people potentially more susceptible. Never look at the things myself. And do various, but gross gross exaggeration to talk of general central control of individuals.
Lots of valid bits but not a valid whole. The unauthorised monitoring of political targets, certainly – though anyone today sure knows NEVER to put anything sensitive or incriminating on the ordinary internet!
Interesting and thank you though – not a waste of time. It’s a huge subject, and fascinating, with plenty of genuine technical material available. Training too.
NYT quote:
The lessons from this last week were anticipated by Martin Lomasney, a ward boss in Boston at the turn of the last century. “Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink.”
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