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Massive Data Collection for Profit Claude explains that companies collect vast amounts of personal data—browsing history, location, purchases, and even how long you pause on a page—to create detailed profiles. The primary goal is monetization through targeted advertising, manipulative consumer behavior, and price discrimination.
Threat to Democracy : AI enables sophisticated microtargeting in politics. Campaigns can use detailed profiles to identify voter vulnerabilities and serve tailored messages to manipulate their thinking, potentially fracturing a shared understanding of reality.
The Conflict of Interest: Claude notes a fundamental contradiction: AI companies claim to protect privacy while using the same personal data to train models for profit. Without strong regulation, there is almost no accountability.
Proposed Solutions and Reality: While Claude initially suggests strict regulation and transparency rather than a total pause, it agrees with Senator Sanders that corporate lobbying makes passing safeguards difficult. Consequently, Claude supports a moratorium on new AI data centers as a pragmatic way to slow down development and force lawmakers to act.
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https://www.youtube.com/live/SOR7T9zD79 ... bfATbsUZxs
OpenAI is scrapping the Sora app to chase bigger AI goals
The bubble is popping
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Waymo wants BC to allow self driving cars.
Let their shareholders ride in the back seat and ride from Williams Lake to Bella Coola. If any of them make it back alive, then consider it,
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