Comments on: GoogleMesh, Facebook, AI and privacy http://www.nickhuhn.com/2007/11/16/googlemesh-facebook-ai-and-privacy/ a digital strategist that uses technology and creativity to connect ideas and people Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:50:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: nick huhn http://www.nickhuhn.com/2007/11/16/googlemesh-facebook-ai-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-10 nick huhn Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:33:24 +0000 http://www.nickhuhn.com/2007/11/16/googlemesh-facebook-ai-and-privacy/#comment-10 Yeah I'm most intrigued by the idea that within a few years the line between our technology and our friends will blur unapologetically and invisibly. I love love love Google and Facebook and all the opportunities that come with those platforms and amazing repositories of info and interactions. While I don't think "evil" will ever enter its way into the equation from those two companies, I hesitate to think that the marketers who will use those platforms will abide by the same ethics. Or, hypothetically, will it all become one massive, passive, AI "matrix" environment in which our choices and behaviors are driven solely by the factors of convenience and/or [socio]technographic profiles? I'm anxious to read (and create) more dialog around the possibilities... Yeah I’m most intrigued by the idea that within a few years the line between our technology and our friends will blur unapologetically and invisibly.

I love love love Google and Facebook and all the opportunities that come with those platforms and amazing repositories of info and interactions. While I don’t think “evil” will ever enter its way into the equation from those two companies, I hesitate to think that the marketers who will use those platforms will abide by the same ethics.

Or, hypothetically, will it all become one massive, passive, AI “matrix” environment in which our choices and behaviors are driven solely by the factors of convenience and/or [socio]technographic profiles? I’m anxious to read (and create) more dialog around the possibilities…

]]> By: Jason Falls http://www.nickhuhn.com/2007/11/16/googlemesh-facebook-ai-and-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Jason Falls Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:24:39 +0000 http://www.nickhuhn.com/2007/11/16/googlemesh-facebook-ai-and-privacy/#comment-9 I think the convenience of having AI provide you with as-needed options will win out over some folk's concerns about privacy. But I also think the general population will never trust a machine as much as their friends, family, etc. Then there are the big brother fearing types who will start bombing data centers. We've got a long way to go before the fear factor comes into play and when it does, we'll have a long way to go before we all understand it. But I'm banking on the fact that most humans are lazy. AI will win out in the long run. I think the convenience of having AI provide you with as-needed options will win out over some folk’s concerns about privacy. But I also think the general population will never trust a machine as much as their friends, family, etc. Then there are the big brother fearing types who will start bombing data centers. We’ve got a long way to go before the fear factor comes into play and when it does, we’ll have a long way to go before we all understand it. But I’m banking on the fact that most humans are lazy. AI will win out in the long run.

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