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Experts urge caution over use of Chinese AI DeepSeek
- grajaganDev 2y agoWhen articles like this are posted, there are usually many whataboutism comments regarding US tech companies also collecting data. This is known as the False Equivalence Fallacy.
- mmooss 2y agoWhat is the term for trying to shut down other people's contributions, which might be contrary to yours, before they even speak? I've seen it many times: Fabricate something, attribute it to hypothetical commenters, and then disparage it. There must be a term in the world of rhetoric. The first part is essentially a strawperson.
- mmooss 2y ago> “We’ve seen time and again how Beijing weaponises its tech dominance for surveillance, control and coercion, both domestically and abroad.” I don't see how a Chinese company is necessarily more of a threat here. The US companies have a long track record of surveillance, control (manipulation through social media), and coersion (at least to the point of doxxing, disabling accounts, etc.). They also have a long track record and a culture they proudly claim of crossing any legal, regulatory, societal, and moral boundary for profit and power. They are also mostly outspoken supporters of the US government, which is openly embracing "control and coercion, both domestically and abroad", and I expect they would agree with that depiction. Arguably, if you live in the US, the Chinese company is less likely to be interested in you personally than the US companies and their political allies. (Don't put sensitive information in any system of any kind that you don't trust.)
- jaggs 2y agoIf ya can't beat 'em, smear 'em. Shame it's open source and bolted already.