This shit is so disturbing to me. Who tf wants to live like this??
The fun brave new world of digital assistants. Daniel Miessler ties it all together in a blog post: https://danielmiessler.com/p/ai-predictable-path-7-components-2024
Discussion
Using such a DA from big Tech has the potential to become the ultimate tool of control: you don't just manipulate the narratives in public but you can create a personalized "reality" for every user.
However, I am looking forward building something like this in a sovereign tech stack on my own hardware, under my control. An ultimate ad blocker for online and offline. A bullshit filter, that helps me manage information overload and all the informational noise. An alarm when someone hostile approaches. You get the idea. Cool stuff!
The question is: who controls the stack? Which master does the AI listen to?
It all comes down the seizing the means of computation.
I hope it’s possible, but I’m highly highly skeptical. Big tech has so many advantages and people blindly accepting everything they give them. It’ll take an unbelievable shift. I’d rather just live in the real world as a typical human.