My mother got her new smartphone 3 years ago, almost after an year of use she told me that Google is listening all her calls. Whatever she will talk she will get similar things in YouTube recommendation even though she did not see a single video of the kind. I did not believe and denied.
She told again and again and I denied again and again until I was attending a Data Science class and the tutor shared similar experiences. It was then I started noticing these things more closely. It was known that if I go and search amazon for thing x, my facebook and google and everything will get patted with suggestions, but now I observed that things which I have never searched in life came down there. How did they come? I realised I was discussing them in long calls with my friends, when I pointed this out one of my friends agreed too. Today my friend residing in Delhi called me. He was looking for a job change. Based on his skills and knowledge I asked him to try one of the companies which is in Noida. Guess what? Few minutes later the IT firm was showing up in my feed out of nowhere, I have never seen it there till now. I cannot believe this can be a mere coincidence. *RIP Privacy* On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 14:54, Shadab Husain <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi friends, > > If we’re under the presumption that most of us are acting according to > our own freewill, then we’re fools. > > Because what’s downright creepy is – > > We’re largely guided by robots. Yes, what Stephen Hawking prophesised > that a day would come when Artificial Intelligence would overtake > humans is fast coming true. > > Not everything has slipped from between our fingers – for we can force > these power-hungry Silicon Valley giants to eliminate the addiction > element from their technologies. By raising our voice against these > greedy folks we can actually compel them to make their Facebook and > Google and YouTube humane. > > The emotions – the social triggers embedded in their codes – can work > in our favour instead of making us addictive and even controlling our > actions. > > If you have ever felt you or anyone close to you getting agitated by > the addiction of these technologies, then it’s your duty to take > action, otherwise you might not get a chance afterwards. > > Well, I have recently subscribed to www.humanetech.com – the guys who > made the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma. Even if you feel that > all this AI controlling human actions is shit, you must watch this > mind-quickening documentary once to view things from a different > angle. > > They also bring a revealing podcast – The Undivided Attention – > something you won’t regret giving your time to. Its link > > https://www.humanetech.com/podcast > > A comprehensive resource blowing the lid off the spooky tactics these > technologists employ to grab our priceless attention is here > > https://ledger.humanetech.com/ > > free has a hidden cost which is more expensive than we can imagine. > > I deleted my Facebook in 2018 when the Cambridge Analytica scandal > came to surface, and I’m happier and freer and more productive since > then. > > Pardon my bluntness…but the cold truth is that if you feel that these > technologies are ruining our society, you have no right to indulge in > intellectual discussions and debating unless you take action, however > tiny. > > Backing away from actions citing the impaired logic that it would be > insignificant is pessimism enveloped in complacency. > > So? > > Onwards! > > Shadab > > Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect. – Mark Twain > > > -- > http://husainjournal.blogspot.com/ > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAFd_nt%3DbSr3S0SvWK4G3UhGNkjhnA4QudjgyZG25wxqZUdiRzA%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAAx3Jh2cS6VhzNDZDx3DL3upoVSuw%2BxQG%2BMAiXZRNm8sMVHOQQ%40mail.gmail.com.
