AI and Privacy

Spring 2023, there is a lot of "buzz" about AI and GPT (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer). Almost daily there is a news item about the subject. However, the presenters don't seem to have a clue!

Dr. Geoffrey Hinton cannot be ignored in his indictment of the potential of AI. The automatic (Generative) retrieval of data from ALL databases current on the Internet is potentially dangerous in that this information will be available for misuse.

I have written before regarding how information found on Social Media seems to propagate without any control of those that placed in a public forum (the Internet). When I look at my "fake" Facebook account, where I have never made "friends" with anyone I get prompts and posts from people that I actually know but the connection was made by Facebook.

This can only get worse when AI really kicks in.

The Social Plugin

Facebook’s Social Pluginis an example of this, one where I was concerned with Data Mining.