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The solution for it is, sadly, more data. So I imagine if Google or Apple can listen, "see" and has access to your every electronic communication do. They could

The solution for it is, sadly, more data. So I imagine if Google or Apple can listen, "see" and has access to your every electronic communication do. They could eventually build a model that "knows" everything about you. I am pretty sure we have the technology to do it. But the privacy implications for this is terrifying.

pdonis 6y ago
> The solution for it is, sadly, more data. I don't see why that would be necessary, since a human does not need to know everything about you or have access to everything you've ever communicated to anyone to guess accurately that when you ask about "London" you probably mean London, England.
- ghaff 6y ago
  >to guess accurately that when you ask about "London" you probably mean London, England. It depends on your circles/bubble and the context. Sure, for me and almost certainly the majority of people the majority of the time, assuming London = London, England is almost certainly the correct disambiguation. However, maybe not someone in Ontario or Ohio asking a question about "London." And I expect that the person who sees London, England as this far away place they certainly don't have regular questions about would find that always being the default annoying.
  - pdonis 6y ago
    > It depends on your circles/bubble and the context. But not on the intimate personal details and communications of the individual person, which was what the post I was responding to was about. Sure, there are going to be circumstances where London, England is not the most likely guess, but you don't need to have access to someone's entire personal history to know what those circumstances are, since a human can spot those circumstances without having that knowledge.
behnamoh 6y ago
> The solution for it is, sadly, more data. The problem is these "AI"s are plain stupid. The solution for it is moving on from gimmicky and hacky solutions to true AI.

pdonis 6y ago

> The solution for it is, sadly, more data. I don't see why that would be necessary, since a human does not need to know everything about you or have access to everything you've ever communicated to anyone to guess accurately that when you ask about "London" you probably mean London, England.

ghaff 6y ago
>to guess accurately that when you ask about "London" you probably mean London, England. It depends on your circles/bubble and the context. Sure, for me and almost certainly the majority of people the majority of the time, assuming London = London, England is almost certainly the correct disambiguation. However, maybe not someone in Ontario or Ohio asking a question about "London." And I expect that the person who sees London, England as this far away place they certainly don't have regular questions about would find that always being the default annoying.
- pdonis 6y ago
  > It depends on your circles/bubble and the context. But not on the intimate personal details and communications of the individual person, which was what the post I was responding to was about. Sure, there are going to be circumstances where London, England is not the most likely guess, but you don't need to have access to someone's entire personal history to know what those circumstances are, since a human can spot those circumstances without having that knowledge.

behnamoh 6y ago

> The solution for it is, sadly, more data. The problem is these "AI"s are plain stupid. The solution for it is moving on from gimmicky and hacky solutions to true AI.