[bigbuppo]

Back in the bad old days, people created websites because they had no choice in the matter. You simply had to do that to share anything with the rest of the world. Most of the tools we had back then still exist. The barrier to entry has never been lower, and those that are motivated to tinker do just that. But going through history... once mainstream blogging became a thing, and then social media conquered all, the motivation to share with others became monetized, as did the methods of sharing with others. AI isn't going to fix that. On the flip side, those same monsters that destroyed the world we knew through monetizing everything are the same ones spending trillions of dollars on AI.

[WalterBright]

> those same monsters that destroyed the world we knew through monetizing everything

That's why we get to use google for free.

I use a ton of excellent free software.

[Terr_]

"You're not the customer, you're the product being sold."

It's all very "free" until ICE rams my car and drags me away because someone sold them the geolocation and facial-recognition data being automatically collected by that "excellent" software.

OK, sure, that's a dramatic example, but the same principle holds for plenty of other scenarios involving employers, insurance rates, etc.

[WalterBright]

The government already has your facial features recorded and databased. (From your passport photo, DL photo, and when you get on an airplane.) LPRs are being installed all over town by the government.

[Terr_]

I'm not sure what you mean here: Are you agreeing and layering on other depressing considerations, or are you downplaying that kind of privacy-break as having no effect?

It does matter. Imagine if Anne Frank (or Anna Franco) is hiding in my attic, and then myself or a guest accidentally takes a picture, perhaps without disabling the internet connection.

There's also the the social-graph it allows someone to construct:

https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metad...

[what]

Are you an illegal alien? Or why are you concerned about ICE dragging you away?

[mikestew]

Because ICE has been known to drag away U. S. citizens? C’mon, man, pick up a newspaper.

[WalterBright]

Our justice system has been known to convict innocent people, too.

[Terr_]

Did being a caucasian citizen protect Renee Good from being entrapped and murdered? Nope.

The organization and the politicians behind it are corrupt and lawless, and that means nobody is safe. Not even citizens, white citizens, white male citizens, and ultimately not even white male citizens who voted Republican.