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Due to AI, “We are about to enter the era of mass spying,” says Bruce Schneier (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Bobble9211@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Schneier: AI will enable a shift from observing actions to interpreting intentions, en masse.

Benj Edwards - 12/5/2023, 8:53 PM

In an editorial for Slate published Monday, renowned security researcher Bruce Schneier warned that AI models may enable a new era of mass spying, allowing companies and governments to automate the process of analyzing and summarizing large volumes of conversation data, fundamentally lowering barriers to spying activities that currently require human labor.

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[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 40 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Are we not already there?

[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

Subtitle of the article:

Spying has always been limited by the need for human labor. A.I. is going to change that.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 11 points 11 months ago

They already collect mountains of data and metadata. I think the scary and new thing that AI has the potential for is faster, cheaper, and more effective ANALYSIS of that data... and to what end? (Almost) nothing good.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Remind your friends that end-to-end encrypted messaging is a thing that exists.

[–] NabeGewell@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think we entered that era quite some time ago now, would make it easier for them tho

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 months ago

I think we are in a state of mass surveillance already. AI probably isn't helping but the machine learning that powers it all has been around for a while it this point

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago

No, the really scary thing is that AI will be able to parse through already-generated historical data and link you to everything you've ever done on the internet.

There was an entire season on South Park about that

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I wonder if AI will one day be able to be trained to predict when someone is about to do crime. That would sure be fun.

[–] fahad@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isreal is using AI ); to bomb Gaza

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

AI Genocide, fun times.