I predict self-refrigerating batteries are around the corner. That’s the natural evolution of the most important thing we need to know about batteries and refrigerators ever…
Yeah, AI, machine learning, data mining, we’re just scratching the surface so far. The never-ending days of infinite screaming horrors are yet to come.
/image this is fine
@awk
For the sake of conversation, can you tell me why, or if, data mining for the purpose of machine learning is a net negative?
If we want better products and services in the future, why delay it by being over-protective of our data, especially if companies are saying they are anonimizing it?
Would people be more receptive to the idea if they knew their data never left their device(s) (e.g. onboard AI)? What has to happen for tech companies, Big Data, to (re)gain the trust of their customers?
Personally, I have not made a concrete decision, although I often err on the side of caution. I would like to hear your opinion on this issue to help me, and others, make a decision.
@DVDBZN Well, besides the obvious privacy issues, there is also the fact that the companies that are doing much of the data mining now (Facebook, Twitter, Google), have shown zero ability/want to protect that information. They also have not shown a compulsion to differentiate real data from propaganda. But hey, if you like being just a cog in some poorly written algorithm, go right ahead.
@DVDBZN It’s going to be big companies (and governments) collecting the data and making inferences from it and they will use it in a way that maximizes their own benefit. Power asymmetry.
Leaving the data on the device is fine, but since I don’t control the software on the device I can’t assume anything.
I’m thinking about data mining which requires collecting and analyzing large amounts of data across a population. Like “people in South Dakota who click ‘Like’ on pictures of cats are 5% more likely to want to travel to Alaska if you show them uplifting articles about soda at 5pm on Wednesday and also we cross-referenced this with housing records and facial recognition”… that kinda of obscure dot-connecting and profile building is what we’re in the early stages of. Kinda like a credit report, but with massive scope.
As @f00l unfoolishly points out, no idea where it all all lead.
I think in 10-15 years most insurance companies will refuse to sell to most people. Compared to AI, humans will be revealed as just too terrible at driving to be insurable.
Sure…when we’re paying attention, some people can be OK drivers. And AIs will definitely make mistakes. But once the data starts to roll in, looking at millions of miles driven by the robots, on average they will be far far safer behind the wheel than us.
@ThatsHeadly came here to say exactly this. Machine learning has a hand in almost all these. Computers are getting better a diagnosis than humans in some areas already. Machine learning is developing the AI required for self driving cars. It’s involved in nearly all aspects of advancement at this point, and if it’s not yet, it soon will be.
One of the responses was we were gonna live in caves within ten years. I don’t agree… More like tents and old derelict box cars like in the thirties during the depression.
I was going to say that tents and old derelict box cars would be for the wealthy, but caves would provide better protection from the radiation on the surface. It’s gonna be like in City of Ember, except there really won’t be anything when they reach the surface world.
/giphy City of Ember
I predict self-refrigerating batteries are around the corner. That’s the natural evolution of the most important thing we need to know about batteries and refrigerators ever…
/giphy obvious
Battery operated RefridgerGoat
Isn’t this the year that Linux on the Desktop takes off? Yeah, Desktop Linux.
@brakeforbeer Isn’t that when I put my android phone on my desk?
@brakeforbeer Maximum kek. You mean just like last year? And the year before? And the year…
/giphy infinite loop
Yeah, AI, machine learning, data mining, we’re just scratching the surface so far. The never-ending days of infinite screaming horrors are yet to come.
/image this is fine
@awk
For the sake of conversation, can you tell me why, or if, data mining for the purpose of machine learning is a net negative?
If we want better products and services in the future, why delay it by being over-protective of our data, especially if companies are saying they are anonimizing it?
Would people be more receptive to the idea if they knew their data never left their device(s) (e.g. onboard AI)? What has to happen for tech companies, Big Data, to (re)gain the trust of their customers?
Personally, I have not made a concrete decision, although I often err on the side of caution. I would like to hear your opinion on this issue to help me, and others, make a decision.
@DVDBZN Well, besides the obvious privacy issues, there is also the fact that the companies that are doing much of the data mining now (Facebook, Twitter, Google), have shown zero ability/want to protect that information. They also have not shown a compulsion to differentiate real data from propaganda. But hey, if you like being just a cog in some poorly written algorithm, go right ahead.
@Nitewatch Tee-hee. Your notion of “privacy.” How quaint. What a retro, 20th century, notion.
@DVDBZN
No going back.
No idea where it will all lead.
Lots of bad possibilities. Too many to count or to prepare for.
Lots of good possibilities.
Re future, no telling.
@DVDBZN It’s going to be big companies (and governments) collecting the data and making inferences from it and they will use it in a way that maximizes their own benefit. Power asymmetry.
Leaving the data on the device is fine, but since I don’t control the software on the device I can’t assume anything.
I’m thinking about data mining which requires collecting and analyzing large amounts of data across a population. Like “people in South Dakota who click ‘Like’ on pictures of cats are 5% more likely to want to travel to Alaska if you show them uplifting articles about soda at 5pm on Wednesday and also we cross-referenced this with housing records and facial recognition”… that kinda of obscure dot-connecting and profile building is what we’re in the early stages of. Kinda like a credit report, but with massive scope.
As @f00l unfoolishly points out, no idea where it all all lead.
I think in 10-15 years most insurance companies will refuse to sell to most people. Compared to AI, humans will be revealed as just too terrible at driving to be insurable.
Sure…when we’re paying attention, some people can be OK drivers. And AIs will definitely make mistakes. But once the data starts to roll in, looking at millions of miles driven by the robots, on average they will be far far safer behind the wheel than us.
Was going to choose self driving cars, but self driving cars rely on AI and machine learning, so I chose that.
@ThatsHeadly came here to say exactly this. Machine learning has a hand in almost all these. Computers are getting better a diagnosis than humans in some areas already. Machine learning is developing the AI required for self driving cars. It’s involved in nearly all aspects of advancement at this point, and if it’s not yet, it soon will be.
@MagnaVis And dogs are better still.
@ThatsHeadly Maybe make that self-driving cars/self-flying cars?
@moondrake
/giphy "ai smell"
Quantum computing will make all of these happen, including the living on caves part (Skynet anyone?).
@hchavers especially AI. I’m hoping it will mean we don’t have to send all our data to Google (or whoever) to get the benefits of AI.
One of the responses was we were gonna live in caves within ten years. I don’t agree… More like tents and old derelict box cars like in the thirties during the depression.
I was going to say that tents and old derelict box cars would be for the wealthy, but caves would provide better protection from the radiation on the surface. It’s gonna be like in City of Ember, except there really won’t be anything when they reach the surface world.
/giphy City of Ember
I can’t decide between AI and quantum computing, but either way, they will become an iconic duo for technological advancement.
Living in caves in the Lunar and Martian settlements, if we’re lucky enough to wake up and take it seriously.
Crypto currency, the private decentralized variety. F*** The man!
Sex Bots.
@Dweezle
Wireless electricity.
@lordbowen Electricity is already wireless. The wires just bind it to our command.
Capacitor batteries!
I still think it will be 3d printing related.
For my definition of IMPACT, self driving cars.
3D-printed self-driving cars.
DANGERBOAT!!!
Selfie Drones
Subscription-based entertainment.
@Moose Micro Transactions for everything!
Renewable or “green” energy
Self-driving food trucks. Bam!
VR/AR technology is gonna be pretty big.
Battery Refrigeration Systems (BRS)
Beautiful Clean Coal