AI’s Not-So-Secret Sauce: Data Scraping

Congratulations, Sherlock. After decades of stuffing user information, digital footprints, and other piles of online detritus into the gaping maw of the internet, somebody finally realized that shoveling all of that into an AI’s computational gullet might have consequences. It’s shocking that people thought they could live their lives out online and not have data collected haphazardly, like a drunk squirrel gathering acorns.

Implications of Data Scraping

As for the wonders and horrors of using data scraping for generative AI: let’s spell it out for you. On one hand, AI can now predict your behavior, your needs, and even your favorite color, giving companies the golden ticket to incessantly bombard you with hyper-targeted ads for ugly shoes they swear you’ll love. On the other hand, this AI-powered dystopia means your privacy is gone, sold off to the highest bidder by blue-chip corporations who claim you gave them consent by clicking ‘I agree’ on a 40-page document written in legalese gibberish.

Another Day, Another Issue

In the end, it’s just another day in our digital madhouse. So go ahead, keep feeding the machine with your mindless clicks and keystrokes. In return, you’ll receive creepily accurate ads and decreasing amounts of privacy. Despite the outcry about data scraping for AI, the reality is, until people learn to read privacy policies or ditch their devices, they’re willingly signing up for this high-tech hellscape. But hey, at least you’ll never run out of tailored shoe ads, right?

Original article:https://venturebeat.com/ai/generative-ai-secret-sauce-data-scraping-under-attack/