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The AI you help train will be used to assist authoritarian governments (e.g. Dragonfly) imprison and murder millions of people so that Google can make a few ext
by abc-xyz 8y ago
The AI you help train will be used to assist authoritarian governments (e.g. Dragonfly) imprison and murder millions of people so that Google can make a few extra bucks.
- icebraining 8y agoHow do you see the car and traffic sign recognition AI being used to imprison and murder people?
- abc-xyz 8y agoBecause the AI they're perfecting can and will be used for other purposes as well?
- icebraining 8y agoHow do you see that data improving the AI for other purposes?
- abc-xyz 8y agoI think it's safe to assume that the code used to recognize cars and traffic signs can also be used to recognize other things, such as muslims, people using apps the government can't spy on, people wearing/holding objects that the government want to eradicate (perhaps a banned book). I think it's also safe to assume Google benefit immensely from having millions of people ready to test their changes in order to optimize their code and algorithms. I'm also sure that they do more than just check if you picked the "right" squares, such as storing every square you've ever chosen along with other stats such as completion time and correctness. I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese government (as well as others) had interest in using such data to detect "rebels". I would also be surprised if the work wouldn't be beneficial to other AI related work that can be used to build detailed profiles among other things.