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AI wearables are quietly listening to everyone in Silicon Valley (sfstandard.com)

submitted 5 days ago by reboot6675@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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TLDR: Techbros in SF are wearing AI pins that record everything everyone says around them.

“My general sense is that we should assume we are being recorded at all times,” said Clara Brenner, a partner at venture capital firm Urban Innovation Fund. “Of course, this is a horrible way to live your life.”

Damn right it is. Every day one step closer to dystopia. Fuck this shit.

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[–] EngineerGaming@retrolemmy.com 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think it's way too precise and permanent to compare to human memory.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Humans have been extending and improving on our biological capabilities using technology since before recorded history. Improving our memory seems like it will eventually happen also.

I do completely understand why this would be a nightmare in practice. Governments would claim that they had the right to search it and it could still be stolen or accessed by unauthorized bad people.

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I don't want to to be a part of people's recording in real life encounters against my consent. That black mirror episode of everything you see being recorded was a nightmare.

[–] EngineerGaming@retrolemmy.com 4 points 5 days ago

True. But it's still up to us whether to use those "memory enhancements" on other, non-consenting people.