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Smashingpmkns
12/12/19 6:30:03 PM
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I know I have all of that voice activated shit on my phone already (I dont use it but it's still there I'm assuming), but the way Google and Amazon are basically giving their voice activated home devices out for basically free (or literally free in some cases) is kinda weird to me.
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Chicken
12/12/19 6:30:52 PM
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No it actively records everything around it and sells the information to the highest bidder.

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KillerSlaw
12/12/19 6:32:07 PM
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I dont think so

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Trigg3rH4ppy
12/12/19 6:33:59 PM
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Chicken posted...
No it actively records everything around it and sells the information to the highest bidder.
Yeah but it's not like a human being is actually listening to any of it. AI just studies the recordings to predict trends and to target more specific advertising

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Hexenherz
12/12/19 6:40:24 PM
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Actually human beings *do* listen to it, though the recordings are supposed to be anonymized / scrubbed of any personally identifying metadata first.

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...
AI just studies the recordings to predict trends and to target more specific advertising

That's what scares me about modern day marketing though. It's going beyond just catering to our tastes and extending into the realm of creating content to shape, develop and bend our tastes to the marketing.

Not to mention someone can hack into your system and spy on you which is creepy, which you wouldn't think is too likely but anything is possible and there are people with way too much time on their hands.

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KillerSlaw
12/12/19 6:40:46 PM
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Trigg3rH4ppy posted...
Yeah but it's not like a human being is actually listening to any of it.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/11/tech/amazon-alexa-listening/index.html

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Wewillrocku
12/12/19 6:46:08 PM
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ya

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