A take on AI: "Anytime 'personalized' is used in a description that means surveillance."

· Bits and Bobs 5/12/25
    • I think this take is correct in some ways but incorrect in others.
    • A system that works entirely for a user, that they pay for, and that is entirely private to them, and acts as an extension of their agency doesn't have that problem.
    • The problem is not the context and personalization, the problem is the alignment with a user's agency and intentions.
    • Personalization is useful, it's just that today it requires the faustian bargain of giving up your data to another entity with ulterior motives.
    • That's how it works today, but that's not how it has to work.