so my question now is that how this post relates to any disability/blindness? this is too general to be fitted to this list I think.
On 11/21/20, 'Mahendra Galani' via AccessIndia <[email protected]> wrote: > well, i dont have facebook account at all. > At 05:55 PM 11/21/2020 +0530, you wrote: >>yes. i only use facebook for informative things. like i am a part of a >>group for my phone and some other information only groups. i have kept >>my facebook account only for that. >> >>On 11/21/20, Vaibhav Saraf <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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 cann >> >> 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 â– 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 guyys 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. 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