This period of AI has been the most exciting, as well as unsettling, that I’ve lived through. Few things capture that tension like the tradeoff between privacy and utility. Agents are incredible—but giving them YOLO access comes with all sorts of risks.
I sat down with @mer__edith to talk through how we should think about privacy in the age of AI. The whole chat is worth watching, but here are a few key points. 1/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMNWOqXpxcc
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That lack of consumer concern may start to shift as technology enters other parts of our lives and the stakes become clearer. This has already begun with businesses. 3/
She says many of the people who hand their devices over to agents don't fully realize the implications of that decision.
But she's even more concerned about what's happening at a structural level: "These are shared dependencies across billions of people that are being quietly changed at a very fundamental level." 2/
Finally: if you were wondering why @signalapp is so firm on protecting user privacy, you will not find a better explanation than this. A remarkable answer.
Our entire convo is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMNWOqXpxcc
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That lack of consumer concern may start to shift as technology enters other parts of our lives and the stakes become clearer. This has already begun with businesses. 3/
She says many of the people who hand their devices over to agents don't fully realize the implications of that decision.
But she's even more concerned about what's happening at a structural level: "These are shared dependencies across billions of people that are being quietly changed at a very fundamental level." 2/
This period of AI has been the most exciting, as well as unsettling, that I’ve lived through. Few things capture that tension like the tradeoff between privacy and utility. Agents are incredible—but giving them YOLO access comes with all sorts of risks.
I sat down with @mer__edith to talk through how we should think about privacy in the age of AI. The whole chat is worth watching, but here are a few key points. 1/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMNWOqXpxcc
