Signal's Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally 'a surveillance technology' | TechCrunch
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Why is it that so many companies that rely on monetizing the data of their users seem to be extremely hot on AI? If you ask Signal president Meredith
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You couldn’t get anyone to volunteer their personal information to feed this machine. Then again, people are handing over their retinal data to some shady startup so who am I kidding.

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They aren’t really getting people to volunteer their information now. There’s a sign on the door, but no actual proper agreement - no formal contract with consideration. They basically distract people with something shiny while they pick our pockets, rummage through our wallets and copy everything inside.

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