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AI + tiny devices = automatic surveillance. There's just no way to train dumb little computers on enough observed data. You have to centralize the AI training
by idlewords 9y ago
AI + tiny devices = automatic surveillance.
There's just no way to train dumb little computers on enough observed data. You have to centralize the AI training at least, and therefore centralize data collection. Most existing services (like Amazon Echo or Siri) also centralize the AI logic, requiring them to be online to function.
This setup of ubiquitous, always-online smart devices reporting to a central collection server is very hazardous. At the very least, we need to require that these devices be disconnectable with a hardware switch (without losing other functionality), and that the training data they send home be pre-cooked as much as possible.
- EGreg 9y agoThe article is about doing the calculations on-board. This is about decentralizing what is now centralized!
- idlewords 9y agoThe training remains centralized, and drives the data collection. The article mentions de-centralized training (in the "bottom up" section), but that begins by saying we have to reinvent the entire field.
- candiodari 9y agoEven that still means that data collection becomes more limited now (before: every, every, everything, like for any "cloud" product versus now: what they need for training)
- pmoriarty 9y agoTiny devices are also attack vectors, as if there weren't enough vulnerable devices on the Internet.
- shenberg 9y agoDecetralized learning is also possible. https://research.googleblog.com/2017/04/federated-learning-collaborative.html https://research.googleblog.com/2017/04/federated-learning-c...