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With this logic, ISPs should be monitoring all texts and internet traffic. Might as well extend an open line to the gov’t to ensure it escalates even more appropriately and faster

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I sometimes think about how norms have changed. People are more neurotic and more longing for safety than before. If the Internet was invented today, it would likely work that way. (Though another aspect is that when the Internet was invented it was simply technologically impossible to do a deep semantic scan of messages.)

Similar thing is that I believe if motorcycles were invented today they would most certainly be banned from the road due to their safety properties.

There needs to be a balance. It feels off, today & consequences of future, that technology has led to the collapse of privacy.

And as we progress we will need to rationalize what it means for private companies, AI, to know everything about you and for the government to have a tap into that. I hope balance lands in favor of things like privacy preserving underpinning.

Government would have to explicitly ban companies from surveilling, but they are fully incentivized to want the opposite: government naturally wants maximum amount of info to have the most agency, to know what's going on, to be prepared for any threats to itself, to make sure things are running smooth, that taxes are being paid, that regulations are being followed etc.

AI ≠ internet connection.

Google also monitors your searches, it’s to be expected that an AI lab will know all your prompts, they aren’t providing a paid service for free out the good of their heart. lol.

Why should we not treat AI like critical infrastructure

>it’s to be expected that an AI lab will know all your prompts, they aren’t providing a paid service for free out the good of their heart. lol.

Er. When you actually pay, at least Anthropic gives you an option to not use your prompts in their training data.

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