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booksfoodfun t1_jdrrqos wrote
Reply to comment by icoder in The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127
Oh, I agree with you. I was linking additional info for what OP was talking about.
icoder t1_jdrreyp wrote
Reply to comment by booksfoodfun in The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127
This is only after 20hrs of training on your individual responses, using an (f)MRI machine and only manages to come up with a description of what you are explicitly visualizing. To me, that's far off.
lightknight7777 t1_jdrquuy wrote
Reply to comment by the_red_scimitar in The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127
Because absolutely all of our tech requires wearable or implanted devices. Location is world's apart from articulate thought reading.
The strength of waves able to detect thoughts from a distance would be insanely powerful and potentially deadly, but there's simply no tech being reported on that doesn't have devices on the head.
Anyone is free to educate me if I'm missing something out there on this.
Lick_yer_Armour t1_jdrq0pg wrote
Game changer for my dreams
xal1124 t1_jdrpnsm wrote
Reply to comment by Mobiusman2016 in Microsoft reportedly orders AI chatbot rivals to stop using Bing’s search data by OutlandishnessOk2452
What?
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Artitic_Camel t1_jdrp6ms wrote
Reply to The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127
The book Feed by MT Anderson is coming to life
downonthesecond t1_jdro6wg wrote
Never liked Panera, always seemed over-price. This won't help.
marksda t1_jdrnjej wrote
Reply to Microsoft reportedly orders AI chatbot rivals to stop using Bing’s search data by OutlandishnessOk2452
Is Microsoft is having trouble identifying bots?
Have bots mastered Microsoft’s Turing test?
Why all the bluster?
scarbnianlgc t1_jdrn42k wrote
Maybe they could not and maybe lower their prices so you don’t need to take a second mortgage out to eat there? $5 for a cup of soup or $8 for half of a sandwich is ridiculous.
Riversntallbuildings t1_jdrmau2 wrote
Reply to comment by BayouMan2 in Silicon Valley Elites Are Afraid. History Says They Should Be by Mynameis__--__
Hey, come on…Facebook & Google hired graffiti artists to paint the walls of their HQ’s.
Those are the citizens new cathedrals of worship. Just like Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel.
/s
Riversntallbuildings t1_jdrlxzr wrote
Reply to comment by honestFeedback in Silicon Valley Elites Are Afraid. History Says They Should Be by Mynameis__--__
Dynamic, effective regulations are possible. We need a new generation of lawmakers that understand digital market and apply out existing Anti-Trust regulations to those digital markets.
Labor / worker rights a woefully outdated as well.
InitiativeDue2336 t1_jdrlwdv wrote
Reply to comment by K00CHNOZZLE in Panera Bread will use palm-scanning technology for its loyalty program by Nicolas-matteo
The point people are arguing here is why does a sandwich vendor like Panera need biometrics in the business process at all. It’s just not a good use case.
It can be Panera or Amazon or some other third party contractor or data broker breach. What people are wondering is why would biometrics be used at all especially when there are no material consequences to these companies.
Personal_Problems_99 t1_jdrljqm wrote
Reply to Microsoft reportedly orders AI chatbot rivals to stop using Bing’s search data by OutlandishnessOk2452
I think ultimately they're just wasting breathe.
K00CHNOZZLE t1_jdrkvqv wrote
Reply to comment by InitiativeDue2336 in Panera Bread will use palm-scanning technology for its loyalty program by Nicolas-matteo
Well that would be Amazon’s problem then. All I’m arguing is that a breach of Panera would not leak biometric data. The AO device connects directly to Amazon, bypassing the POS altogether.
The only data that Panera gets from the device are loyalty events. CC payments using AO are handled through the Verifone like any other credit card.
bony_doughnut t1_jdrkftm wrote
Reply to comment by Rodgers4 in Silicon Valley Elites Are Afraid. History Says They Should Be by Mynameis__--__
Oh, and don't forget how awesome it is to pay $200 for a hotel room then have to hide in the bathroom after your kids fall asleep because it's literally just a single, 50sqft room
account22222221 t1_jdrk769 wrote
Why?
I mean I am not worried about someone hacking my Panera account and getting my free sandwich. I am worried about someone hacking my Panera account and getting my biometric data.
Hard refuse.
69tank69 t1_jdrk6t4 wrote
Reply to comment by Ehrre in Panera Bread will use palm-scanning technology for its loyalty program by Nicolas-matteo
This idea is stupid but most food service places use quaternary ammonium to sanitize surfaces so while the cloth might not look clean and it’s being reused the sanitizer is still doing it’s job to kill microbes
VincentNacon t1_jdrk6a7 wrote
Before anyone get excited... you can't get it back without paying them for the premium plan.
lol, that's the catch.
Straight-Comb-6956 t1_jdrk4q4 wrote
Reply to comment by TheFriendlyArtificer in Microsoft reportedly orders AI chatbot rivals to stop using Bing’s search data by OutlandishnessOk2452
I keep hearing about Bing's porn search for years. Do people actually search for porn on search engines? Like, once you know about pornhub / rule34 / some nsfw subreddits / etc they become your one-stop shop for all erotic content.
69tank69 t1_jdrjuia wrote
Reply to comment by Bruh_dawg in Panera Bread will use palm-scanning technology for its loyalty program by Nicolas-matteo
But palm prints are okay, right?
Living-blech t1_jdrjqz9 wrote
Reply to comment by Vayshen in China to introduce early 6G mobile applications by 2025, putting the country on track to rolling out commercial services by 2030 by Vailhem
On Verizon, my phone (5g chip) will connect to 5g if there's even a single signal, which leads to terrible connections, and I can't manually change it to 4g unless there's no 5g signal.
Zjoee t1_jdrjj4j wrote
"I think the machine is broken. It just keeps drawing boobs."
apple-pie2020 t1_jdrj2u7 wrote
Reply to comment by Badtrainwreck in The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127
Your second paragraph pretty much defines social media. My thoughts (likes, shares, time on video) are inputs used by the company to direct the actions of the algorithm to reward content creators. My skills are not important. Only my ability to remain connected and engaged.
It’s already happening at this very moment as I type this out
[deleted] t1_jdrrzw9 wrote
Reply to comment by BrdigeTrlol in AI chatbot company Replika restores erotic roleplay for some users by Saltedline
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