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> Most people including me do expect that their "public" data is used for AI training. Based on what ordinary people have been saying, I don't think this is tr

> Most people including me do expect that their "public" data is used for AI training. Based on what ordinary people have been saying, I don't think this is true. Or, maybe it's true now that the cat is out of the bag, but I don't think most people expected this before. Most tech-oriented people did, of course, but we're a small minority. And even amongst our subculture, a lot of people didn't see this abuse coming. I didn't, or I would have removed all of my websites from the public web years earlier than I did.

YetAnotherNick 1y ago
> Most tech-oriented people did In fact it's the opposite. People who aren't into tech thinks Instagram is listening to them 24*7 to show feed and ads. There was even a hoax near my area among elderly groups that Whatsapp is using profile photo in illegal activity and many people removed their photo one time. > I didn't, or I would have removed all of my websites from the public web years earlier than I did. Your comment is public information. In fact posting anything in HN is a sure shot way to giving your content for AI training.
- JohnFen 1y ago
  > People who aren't into tech thinks Instagram is listening to them 24*7 to show feed and ads True, but that's a world different than thinking that your data will be used to train genAI. > In fact posting anything in HN is a sure shot way to giving your content for AI training. Indeed so, but HN seems to be a bad habit I just can't kick. However, my comments here are the entirety of what I put up on the open web and I intentionally keep them relatively shallow. I no longer do long-form blogging or make any of my code available on the open web. However, you're right. Leaving HN is something that I need to do.