Beware the Intention Economy: Collection and Commodification of Intent via Large Language Models
Yaqub Chaudharyhdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
Beware the Intention Economy: Collection and Commodification of Intent via Large Language Models
REDEF ORIGINAL: The Attention Economy Crisis: The Future of Content, Commerce and Culture
Joe Marcheseredef.com
For now, the richness of “processed” data (eg. diary entries) created by humans is more valuable than “raw” data (eg. always-on video feed). Data created by humans is full of nuance in style, theme, etc. The signal derived from this kind of data provides higher-quality context for an AI system to build a personalized profile against. I’d argue this... See more
Sean Thielen-Esparza • Unbundling memory
In the twenty-first century, however, data will eclipse both land and machinery as the most important asset, and politics will be a struggle to control the flow of data. If data becomes concentrated in too few hands, humankind will split into different species. The race to obtain the data is already on, headed by data giants such as Google, Faceboo
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Having successfully mined the words, pictures, and thoughts of their current users for profit, the platforms can now, with their LLMs, mine the words, pictures, and thoughts of the past, turning all of culture into raw material for the generation of cheap content.
Nicholas Carr • Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
More users means more behavioral data, which in turn allows for more fine-grained content recommendations—a kind of data-driven network effect that belies the credit scoring examples I discussed earlier as well.
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
"The economy is just smart people paying beautiful people to promote stuff to insecure people." — @ShaanVP