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AI is killing privacy. We can't let that happen

johnshades
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60 comments

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AI

privacy

surveillance

Debate intensity85/100

The article discusses the threat AI poses to individual privacy, citing examples of AI-powered tracking and data collection.

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1vuio0pswjnm7
2d ago
"Control your data, and you control your destiny.

Yes, that sounds grand. But once so did the idea of ordinary people owning books. And look what came next."

Kindles?

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