points by vouwfietsman 1 day ago | 0 comments
Everyone is discussing the tech, but you do realize that they made mapping data to real people easier using AI? This is essentially AI-assisted privacy violation, 4 times cheaper.
People, please try to understand what you are building. Don't just build it as asked!
[–] MisterMunchkin 23 hours ago
You also need that for things like merging paper hospital records when you digitise them.
[–] vouwfietsman 22 hours ago
Yes and fission reactions can be used both for energy & destruction, but that doesn't mean that the applications of working in defense or powerplants are morally equal.
[–] bossyTeacher 18 hours ago
> Everyone is discussing the tech, but you do realize that they made mapping data to real people easier using AI?
That's Hacker News for you. They have chronic tunnel vision and are unable to look at implications that go beyond the technical. Particular blind spot for techno-social consequences.
[–] efdee 15 hours ago
Hacker News is you, too.
[–] stingraycharles 23 hours ago
What are you talking about, these kind of tech have been available in industry way before (eg hypertargeting / profiling in adtech), and is entirely unrelated to LLMs or Jev.
[–] vouwfietsman 22 hours ago
I am talking about the article, which is applying LLMs and Jev to make those existing toxic patterns more effective and efficient.
[–] tefkah 8 hours ago
> This is foundational for any company wishing to do outreach, personalization, or analytics on customers. You can’t know, for instance, the lifetime value of a customer without being able to map all their purchases to a single identity.
yuck
[–] yborg 22 hours ago