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usonian

(19,245 posts)
23. Creepy in; creepy out, and creeps using people like toys.
Mon May 5, 2025, 03:46 PM
May 5
Zuckerberg’s new Meta AI app gets personal in a very creepy way

https://archive.ph/33nVY
WAPO: "Want anything? pay outrageously."

Meta says it tries not to add sensitive topics to your Memory file, but my tests found it recorded plenty — like fertility and payday loans. What’s worse, the Meta AI app does not give you the ability to prevent it from saving chats or memories. (The closest you can get is to use the Meta AI website without logging in.) Nor does Meta AI offer a “temporary” mode, as ChatGPT does, that keeps a conversation out of your history.

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And there’s one more subtle privacy concern, too. The contents of your chats — your words, photos and even voice — will end up being fed back into Meta’s AI training systems. ChatGPT lets you opt out of training by switching off a setting labeled “improve the model for everyone.” Meta AI doesn’t offer an opt out.

Why might you not want to contribute to Meta’s training data? Many artists and writers have taken issue with their work being used to train AI without compensation or acknowledgment.

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Psyop? 58Sunliner May 5 #1
No, though chatbots could be used for psyops, I guess. These chatbots were designed to be engaging highplainsdem May 5 #3
Seems malicious to me blue_jay May 5 #18
highplainsdem, I believe you are right. The AI is programmed to meet the user's needs, and people with borderline Martin68 May 5 #21
I'm troubled when multi-degreed professionals say AI "hallucinates" bucolic_frolic May 5 #2
Technical Term used by AI staff and users roscoeroscoe May 5 #8
Thanks! It is important to distinguish .... reACTIONary May 5 #24
It "hallucinates" in that Silver Gaia May 5 #13
I am too busy get the red out May 5 #4
We were already diving into this dystopian nightmare. Remember QAnon? Remember "lizard DNA" ? Illuminati? Hekate May 5 #5
SO why can AI do all this but it cant understand WTF you are saying Kashkakat v.2.0 May 5 #6
The AIs are LLMs and Generative AIs. That's why Bernardo de La Paz May 5 #14
Holy cow Figarosmom May 5 #7
Reminds me of Linda ladeewolf May 5 #9
I tried that out for curiosity a few weeks ago relayerbob May 5 #10
Clever is not smart. Smart is not intelligent. Intelligence is not wisdom Bernardo de La Paz May 5 #11
AI is no ultralite001 May 5 #20
Link intrepidity May 5 #12
I try to keep up on all things AI related, but I'll be honest... LudwigPastorius May 5 #15
yep...I have seen a few, since I'm in the "woo" biz of sound healing etc FirstLight May 5 #16
If I had a family member stupid enough to fall for that shit, I'd let them go. Aristus May 5 #17
Yet when I try to use speech to text on my iPhone, it seems to use the computing power of the entire Apple NBachers May 5 #19
From almost 60 years ago... 3825-87867 May 5 #22
How come there are no old people in that video? nt Trueblue Texan May 5 #29
Creepy in; creepy out, and creeps using people like toys. usonian May 5 #23
I like that! GIGO is now CICO! reACTIONary May 5 #25
Frightening; however DavidDvorkin May 5 #26
I absolutely agree! But... Trueblue Texan May 5 #30
This shit should be illegal! SheltieLover May 5 #27
I have never used ChatGPT or any other AI that I'm aware of... Trueblue Texan May 5 #28
AI has been ordered to create cult. Effing disgusting shameful techbros. Clouds Passing May 5 #31
These "lost" people are already on drugs and/or have mental illness. Brenda May 5 #32
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve May 5 #33
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