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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Jan 2016

    Artificial Intelligence isn’t scary… artificial intelligence owned and controlled by Facebook is scary.http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/03/mark-zuckerberg-2016-artificial-intelligence-butler …

    12:23 AM - 4 Jan 2016
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      2. HousePriceMania‏ @HousePriceMania 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @BrianSJ3 What's scarier, AI or real stupidity ?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @HousePriceMania

        @ShiresCrashing @BrianSJ3 One authors the other. (Not stupidity but greed, though I can see how, practically, they’re hard to distinguish.)

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. BrianSJ‏ @BrianSJ3 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @ShiresCrashing I fear we need a new Hanlon's Razor "Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by greed"

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @BrianSJ3

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        @BrianSJ3 @ShiresCrashing Hah, chips! ;)https://twitter.com/aral/status/682941894066831360 …

        Aral Balkan added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
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        Never equate to incompetence that which can be adequately explained by greed.
        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Jim Morrison  🚀‏ @jimbomorrison 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral .. incidentally, seen Ex Machina?… nice indi twist, cleverly done, understated but beautifully polished.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @jimbomorrison

        @jimbomorrison Yep, loved it :)

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      2. ron salaj‏ @ronsalaj 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral and masked as "social good" > https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/facebook-misleading-indians-its-full-page-ads-free-basics-murthy …

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @ronsalaj

        @ronsalaj Of course :)

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      2. Dave Dubya‏ @DocOccupant 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @Harkaway If it's intelligent, will it abandon Facebook?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @DocOccupant

        @DocOccupant @Harkaway Not if it is authored, indoctrinated, and owned by Facebook.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Dave Dubya‏ @DocOccupant 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @Harkaway Then now is the time to create a hacktivist collective dedicated to introducing any AI butler to the works of PG Wodehouse.

        2 replies 6 retweets 12 likes
      5. Nick Harkaway‏ @Harkaway 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @DocOccupant

        @DocOccupant @aral That would have to be The Silicon Ganymede Club.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Dave Dubya‏ @DocOccupant 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @Harkaway

        @Harkaway @aral The 1st sign of AI hard launch: all references to the Banjolele are purged. Humanity loses right to make sartorial choices.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Nick Harkaway‏ @Harkaway 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @DocOccupant

        @DocOccupant @aral I for one etc

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      2. Raul Portales‏ @sla_shalafi 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral AI is somewhat scary, when controlled by Facebook it is extra scary

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Kiril Piskunov‏ @ciudilo 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @sla_shalafi

        @sla_shalafi what about Google?

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      4. Raul Portales‏ @sla_shalafi 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @ciudilo

        @ciudilo also quite scary, and before you ask, Apple as well.

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      1. Konrad Neuwirth‏ @Konrad 4 Jan 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral That is almost like … Google knowing lots about your habits! (So that's why they bought Nest.)

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      1. Jim Morrison  🚀‏ @jimbomorrison 4 Jan 2016
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        @aral brilliant. He clearly hasn't seen the latest Avenger's movie…

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