4 ms·
I too am not concerned about Skynet. I'm worried about the descendant of Bonzai Buddy. I'm worried about annoying little algorithms that are simple-minded but
by angersock 12y ago
I too am not concerned about Skynet.
I'm worried about the descendant of Bonzai Buddy. I'm worried about annoying little algorithms that are simple-minded but have access to vast quantities of data I'd rather they not, and that have means of actuating things in the real world that could prove annoying.
Everybody seems so goddamned thrilled over this stuff that nobody seems to be worried about the mundane but harmful things we can accomplish and enable with current-day technology.
- darkmighty 12y agoCould you be more specific? How could an algorithm be "annoying" in the real world? How could the effectiveness of an algorithm be so harmful?
- xamuel 12y ago"All representatives are busy, please stay on the line. Meanwhile here's a friendly word from Amazon. We notice you've been searching for baby clothes recently. We will now read a long list of baby-related products to you..."
- angersock 12y agoTwitter bots. Imagine a bot whose only job is to squat a hashtag and intermittently harass people who mention it. Now stop imagining, because we've already got those. Imagine another bot that just looks for bug trackers and spams incomprehensible combinations of issues generated by mining previous issues. It can be hard, on a good day, to tell difference between frustrated and inarticulate user, and markov-chain spam. Let your imagination run wild.