Marcus on AI

Just over two years ago something terrifying snapped into place:

I tried repeatedly to warn people:

Gary Marcus@GaryMarcus⚠️ Microsoft and OpenAI have only one play to make GenAI profitable, and this is it: all out 24x7 surveillance. They are already starting to try to soften you up for it. Virtually every warning that I have given for the last several years has come true. Please don’t ignoreGary Marcus @GaryMarcus1984 is coming soon! So awesome! Surveillance nation!1:26 AM · Nov 1, 2024 · 58.3K Views 24 Replies · 124 Reposts · 420 Likes

And I pointed out the irony inherent in the name:

Gary Marcus@GaryMarcusIf, as seems plausible, OpenAI transforms into a surveillance company it will be the ultimate irony.Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus⚠️ Something terrifying just snapped in place: • Sam Altman has acknowledged wanting to train on everyone's personal documents (Word files, email etc) • ChatGPT has gathered unprecedented amounts of personal data • Sam founded WorldCoin, known for their eye-scanning orb •3:31 PM · Aug 7, 2024 · 16.2K Views 22 Replies · 32 Reposts · 148 Likes

And now here we are. They are reportedly building devices for 24x7 monitoring, no doubt uploading everything you say to the cloud for AI analysis; they refused (via mealy mouth legalese) to opt out of doing surveillance for the US government of US citizens and we have stuff like this:

ChatGPT@ChatGPTEveryday conversations just got easier with the new Apple Messages plugin. Search messages, catch up on conversations, draft and send replies—all with ChatGPT on your Mac. Now available in ChatGPT Work and Codex on desktop. 6:01 PM · Aug 20, 2026 · 194K Views 135 Replies · 109 Reposts · 2.21K Likes

This certainly raises privacy concerns.

As @hedgiemarkets put it on X:

I STRONGLY recommend you not consent. I certainly won’t.

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