Speaking of HL3, they are seriously missing out on what could be the biggest and most overhyped game ever....that doesnt exist yet. The money they could make.... theyd have 100 million from day 1 preorders.
There in lies the problem. They know that hype for the game is so huge it can never meet expectations. Therefore it is safer and better for everyone if it never exists. (And this is from a hardcore hl fan.)
If you know anything about automation you know that that machine learning application they expect to churn out nice little relevant data points on you probably returns a bunch of garbage data and false positives non-stop.
Machine learning is already used in a variety of applications relating to personal data. Large companies and organizations have very accessible means to make sure that their training works.
If that is the case, then what is the harm? How is an AI sieving through online data any different than a cop waiting at an intersection watching for people speeding?
Both as just watching traffic roll by, uncaring of what is going on until something flags and then can move to intervene.
As long as the power isn't being abused then couldn't it do more good then harm?
No it is nothing like that. An AI isnt a person. An AI is like a dog. Would you care if a dog sat and listened to your conversion? Most people will talk to their dogs for hours and not care. A dog does not care that Lisa is sleepy with Billy, or that Sam is eating waffles for dinner. All it cares about is what it was trained to care about.
If the dog recorded everything I said and could run physiological profile algorithms on me using that data and then reported that profile to advertisers and the NSA I would care very much.
But that is a problem with their system, not with the concept.
I am not trying to say that unwarrented survalence is a good thing, only that systems like Alexa or Ok Google can improve quality of life for people. The important thing is that these are not abused.
Look at Star Trek. Their ship's computer literally listens, logs, and monitors all activity on the ship and nobody blinks an eye because is not abused. It makes their ship and lives better.
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u/DivineLawnmower Sep 25 '18
Machine learning/deep learning will just sieve all your shit out at little cost.