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Just imagine the public good to be found in Google's data. And Facebook's data. This data should all be turned over to the public so we can all benefit, ASAP.
by Gargoyle 10y ago
Just imagine the public good to be found in Google's data. And Facebook's data. This data should all be turned over to the public so we can all benefit, ASAP.
This is one of those rare topics where I can make a Modest Proposal style comment that I actually believe in!
- maverick_iceman 10y agoYou are not serious, right? Do you really want your search history to be publicly available? (Please don't say anonymization as it is possible to go around that.)
- Gargoyle 10y agoI am serious in that there is far too much potential public benefit in that data to keep it locked in the hands of a private corporation. In my personal opinion, it's the worst wealth inequality issue we face, as will become more and more apparent in the coming years. As one example, it's far too powerful an advantage as training data for AIs to let one organization control it. I appreciate the challenges in making it publicly available, but I also believe it's something that will have to be done in the long run.