4 ms·
Granted, many people could guess what “train” means, but it’s not obvious if on average people will be more likely to read and understand that than the words “a
by ashdksnndck 1y ago
Granted, many people could guess what “train” means, but it’s not obvious if on average people will be more likely to read and understand that than the words “analyze” and “create ideas” they choose to use instead.
- wat10000 1y agoIn context, those sound like things they’re going to do for you. People are not going to understand this as “we’re going to use your stuff for our own purposes unrelated to the services you get.” Here’s the thing. Even if we grant your idea that maybe this is more understandable, why would that be reasonable? Facebook employs a lot of very smart people and has enormous resources. I’m confident they could come up with wording that would make this very clear to everyone. I mean, “we will use your photos to build our next generation AI systems” is a lot clearer than what they have here, and I just came up with that on the spot. That they haven’t done so is a deliberate choice.
- ashdksnndck 1y agoAccording to the company spokesperson quoted by TechCrunch, they aren’t using the photos to train models, which is probably why they didn’t put that in the dialog.
- wat10000 1y agoSpokesperson says they’re not, legally binding terms say they’re allowed to. At the very least you are giving them permission without it being clearly described up front, even if they might not be using that permission at this moment.