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AI Chatbots Are Building an ‘Algorithmic Self-Portrait’ of You (gizmodo.com)
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In a prior study, the researchers had found that users were increasingly turning to chatbots like ChatGPT to get advice on sensitive topics like health, finance, mental health, and employment, so much so that it was “now becoming more like a social partner than just a tool,” lead author Abhisek Dash said.

Building upon that finding, this time around they also looked into what kinds of sensitive information get stored by the chatbot and just how. They found that 52% of the memory entries contained information about users’ psychological states, including their desires, intentions, emotions, and beliefs.

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[–] 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ideally it would be a personal assistant. In reality, it's a corporate snitch, reporting everything back to the company who will know everything about how to manipulate you into giving up all the power and value of your life.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    Yeah then just imagine what happens when the wrong sort of government asks for the keys to this dashboard.

    This technology must be opposed.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago*

    Yeah, what I've been saying since the early days of data collection. This is the most extreme version, so far. With neurolink, that's going to be even more detailed version of knowing our minds. With that one, they don't need to know each of us as individuals to learn what is common to all of us just from studying the brain data they get from a small group of people.

    We are things to them. Not people. Just things. Just a resource. Like trees or fish or cobalt. Treated no different. This stuff grants more control and deeper value extraction than they already have. These ppl are psychopaths and it's infuriating watching people empower them further without zero concerns.

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