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It's certainly chilling to have confirmed what I've long suspected is being done. If OpenAI are scraping public tweets for their LLM then it's hard for me to b
by echelon_musk 3y ago
It's certainly chilling to have confirmed what I've long suspected is being done.
If OpenAI are scraping public tweets for their LLM then it's hard for me to believe this government isn't also scraping for their own power and control.
Perhaps unsurprisingly this seems to be about as high quality as the track & trace system that looted £37 billion from the tax payer [0].
It makes one think about the importance of anonymous donations to NGOs who are trying to hold the government accountable for fear of future targeted surveillance for valuing "freedom".
[0] https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accounts-committee/news/150988/unimaginable-cost-of-test-trace-failed-to-deliver-central-promise-of-averting-another-lockdown/ https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/public-accoun...
- LemmyInThePub 3y ago> the track & trace system Test & Trace. Track & Trace is for parcels.
- almatabata 3y agoFrance had a system to can social media for tax fraud in 2021: https://www.politico.eu/article/france-starts-scrapping-social-media-to-catch-tax-fraudsters/ https://www.politico.eu/article/france-starts-scrapping-soci... One NGO that fought this was la quadrature du net, here is there post about it (in french): https://www.laquadrature.net/2019/11/05/le-parlement-doit-rejeter-le-flicage-fiscal-des-reseaux-sociaux/ https://www.laquadrature.net/2019/11/05/le-parlement-doit-re...