It's exactly this setting of low expectations from tech companies that work with billions of user's data that has taken us to where we are.
A majority of Facebook user's aren't'techies'. It was Facebook's responsibility to make such features available/easy to access in the first place. It shouldn't have to be a legal requirement. Google/Twitter doing or not doing it doesn't have anything to do with it.
Why is this not evoking a stronger response from the public? Or globally? Mass surveillance has always been a troubling possibility with computer vision.
I remember a client who approached us a few years ago to develop software to surveil his employees in departmental store (containing no particularly special commodity). To track his employees 24-7. We refused to take up the project. I can't believe we are on the way to implement to the same idea at this large a scale!
No matter what the short term benefits are, I believe the long term effects are going to be very very unpleasant. Orwell's world doesn't seem too far off.
This is still not going to help with websites that force you to disable adblockers to access their content. It's especially annoying when after disabling the site looks like a cluster of ads with information hidden in between. It's an abusive relationship.
"Neural networks are designed to operate, more or less, like a human brain."
This right there is my problem. Neural networks are inspired by brain. But as of date, no proof exists to connect the two, and it is highly unlikely it will turn out that way even after we have made progress in understanding either of them. I just wish people would stop making such bold claims and stick to facts.
Where I currently live in (Bangalore, India), the community includes a large no of young people who've migrated from rural to urban places due to work or for studies. A lot of us are also first time graduates with financial dependents.
In tech industry (where I work), the current work culture has made sustaining a friends circle (support system) outside of work really hard; even more so when they live in different cities.
I personally see co-workers & friends who struggle to cope with stress at work, staying away from home/family/trying to sustain a relationship. The sad part is that it rarely gets spoken about. In our case time not invested in relationships during 20's (when one is also building his/her career) is a major reason for loneliness as people get older. Nothing that we have done so far has equipped us to handle it. An over-competitive job market only makes things worse. Prioritizing family/friends often gets interpreted as not being motivated/hardworking enough and has huge penalties (direct and indirect) associated with it.
I really hope corporates begin to see the importance of healthy & happy workers not just on book, but in practice as well.
A majority of Facebook user's aren't'techies'. It was Facebook's responsibility to make such features available/easy to access in the first place. It shouldn't have to be a legal requirement. Google/Twitter doing or not doing it doesn't have anything to do with it.