I think Edge AI where nothing is passed to the cloud is going to be a big area.
Currently Apple is the only one of the fangm whose business model allows this. Probably the only huge growth area for apple-style margins (ie, $17/month for a local ai to train with you as its learning set with complete, auditable privacy).
I wish they'd stop trying to use Microsoft Windows as an ad platform for all their other products and focus instead on making their existing OS better. If you want to advertise all your Microsoft products, here's a crazy and wild idea, do it on the App store for Windows. Stop making duplicated services too, we got Microsoft Teams which I don't mind, it seems really good, but what about Skype and MSN?
Sort of, but they seem to be selling user data trying to catch up with Google.
I don’t think there’s much revenue in it according to their 10Q, but all their releases send stuff to the cloud (Xbox, Cortana, windows10, etc) for things that don’t need to.
Privacy is a double edged sword and apple has taken the other side of it compared to most other companies. Doing good ai while being privacy conscious is not easy, huge props to them and hope they succeed.
> Doing good ai while being privacy conscious is not easy
Is this fact or do we just think this because the only companies who have put resources into AI are companies that doesn't give a shit about your privacy (because they use it for their other products)?
This seems fairly obvious - good ai can do things like predict what you want, understand your speech, understand your intent, etc. All this requires tons of personal data. And any amount of personal data can be difficult to keep secure/used ethically/etc.
It’s possible to personalize experiences without storing information that leads to a personal identification. I’m not saying it’s easy to walk that line, but it is possible.
> good ai can do things like predict what you want, understand your speech, understand your intent, etc.
It can be used for those things, or entirely different things that don't have anything to do with private data. It's not hard to not do these things just because it's possible to do them.
Not that I'm convinced they fit in FAANG, but do Netflix have a particularly bad privacy record? I know they do lots of tracking and magic to make recommendations but I'm not sure they even have any concerning data to play fast and loose with privacy wise?
Its getting slowly more popular to personality profile people based on their behaviour. It might be tempting for Netflix to sell their viewing data for such a purpose one day if somebody decides they want to buy it for that.
While I like Apple and that they are taken a stance for privacy, a serious conversation needs to happen about if privacy is a human right or a luxury good. Because the way it's going, only the people who can afford to will be able to pay for privacy.
It seems fairly obvious that a right to privacy will have to be enshrined into the law at some point, if for no other reason than to preserve a diversity of thought and perspective in society. Unfortunately, it seems that no amount of individual tragedies will move the public toward useful regulations on certain issues due to emotional, cultural, and financial factors (see gun control) and it remains to be seen whether or not digital privacy is one such issue.
Indian Supreme court ruled, 2 years ago, that Privacy is a right (1):
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"..Supreme Court ruled on August 24, 2017 that the Right to Privacy is a fundamental right for Indian citizens under the Constitution of India. Thus no legislation passed by the government can unduly violate it. "
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 54.8 ms ] threadCurrently Apple is the only one of the fangm whose business model allows this. Probably the only huge growth area for apple-style margins (ie, $17/month for a local ai to train with you as its learning set with complete, auditable privacy).
I don’t think there’s much revenue in it according to their 10Q, but all their releases send stuff to the cloud (Xbox, Cortana, windows10, etc) for things that don’t need to.
Is this fact or do we just think this because the only companies who have put resources into AI are companies that doesn't give a shit about your privacy (because they use it for their other products)?
It can be used for those things, or entirely different things that don't have anything to do with private data. It's not hard to not do these things just because it's possible to do them.
Originally, FAANG referred to companies with huge growth. Now, the meaning has completely morphed.
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"..Supreme Court ruled on August 24, 2017 that the Right to Privacy is a fundamental right for Indian citizens under the Constitution of India. Thus no legislation passed by the government can unduly violate it. "
Here are some examples https://www.silklabs.com/
Instantly search cameras at a shopping mall to find your missing child
Recognize who’s coming home without training on specific faces
Know where people are spending their time in a retail store
Save power and storage by only recording when a person is seen
Count the vehicles that have entered a parking lot
Know when people are yelling to be alerted of commotion