Silicon Valley cities hit with request for residents' emails to train AI - San José Spotlight
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Bay Area residents who emailed their officials in the past few years may be surprised to learn their correspondence could train a company’s AI for future use. Mountain View-based company GovernmentGPT filed 90 California Public Records Act requests with multiple cities across the Bay Area for emails from residents addressed to mayors, councilmembers and city...
  • LupusBlackfur@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Well, that certainly won’t put a dent in folks’ willingness to send future Emails to their city gov’ts, now will it??

    Fucking lunatic Counterfeit Cognizance Pushers… Fuck them all and their world-killing data-sucking requirements… 🤡 🙄 🖕 🖕

    • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 month ago

      As far as I can tell, almost no one is a potential A.I. customer. Devs use GitHub Copilot but it’s not a game changer or anything.

      I’m not an A.I. hater. I think it’ll eventually bring great medical advancements and prove valuable. I just think it’s overhyped for average consumers. I don’t think it’s going to be something as revolutionary as smartphones or even Snake on Nokia phones. To me, it feels like a “nice to have” tech more than “essential” tech. And the downsides are considerable. I don’t suspect any Sci Fi shit will happen but making spammers more efficient isn’t worth the carbon footprint.