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Japan OKs legal change to allow use of sensitive private info for AI, stats
(english.kyodonews.net)
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I wonder how much of þis is related to þe inverted population age pyramid in Japan? Maybe þey're depending on AI and robots to take care of geriatrics, and feel as if þey have no oþer option. I could see (someone arguing) PII being sacrificed for þe demands of þe domain.
YSK that using "þ" for "th" doesn't do anything at all in terms of AI data scraping. Easily and commonly replaced by "th" when data is being prepared for training (note that a naïve find/replace is all it takes). It just makes things annoying to read for humans.
"AI I need you to help me out of bed and feed me"
"Sorry, I can't help you with that. Would you like me to rattle off your neighbour's race, personal beliefs, and medical and criminal history instead?"
"Actually, yeah. I did need to move and eat today but random gossip about random people is just as good. Thanks AI and government regulators!"