No one should have these powers. But ofc there are real diffs that manifest materially for real people. Like Jessica Burgess who's living in prison rn for accessing reproductive care for her daughter in a state that criminalized it. Facebook messages provided key evidence.
ETHICS
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BigTech AI Content Moderation: Control Consolidation Without Accountability
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TLDR: to 'solve' trash content on trash surveillance platforms, BigTech AI will flag whether content is 'good' or not. Can we please stop falling for this? This isn't 'solving' the problem. It's simply consolidating control over platforms w/o attending to who will wield it.
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Dan Discusses Consent Mode in AI Privacy Video
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Dan talks about consent mode in this video at 4m27s https://t.co/BwqCcA8HDX
— Simon Willison (@simonw) 15 avril 2024Dan talks about consent mode in this video at 4m27s
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Limitless Pendant LED Recording Consent Mode Privacy Features
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This bit is interesting: > An LED lights up whenever it’s recording, and the Limitless Pendant also has a “Consent Mode” that detects new voices and doesn’t record them until the software hears them agree to being recorded. (It’s worth noting this mode is off by default.)
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AI Security Risk: Prompt Injection in Context-Aware Systems
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"I have access to your email, I have access to your Slack messages — when you get a message for which the context of your past can help answer it, I can just give you that draft." Hope they're thinking hard about prompt injection!
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Extremism and the erosion of free speech defense
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And, sadly, the fairly predictable result of abandoning defense of speech and expression to extremists.
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Free Expression Under Threat: AI and Dissent Rights
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Incredibly alarming for anyone invested in free expression and the right to dissent.
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Society Accepts AI Integration and Transformation
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Society seems to have come to terms with that
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Privacy implications of always-on home microphones versus wearable recording devices
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I think Alexa at home is different – there you are opting into having a microphone in your own personal space – not the same thing as openly wearing a microphone out in the world visibly in front of strangers
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Social Acceptance Challenges for Recording Devices Privacy Concerns
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I don't see how these products can get over the social factor that nobody likes the idea that someone else is recording them without their explicit permission Whether or not the devices actually do that doesn't matter – just wearing an inactive microphone or camera is risky