JoeDawson8 t1_j9jqb8s wrote on February 22, 2023 at 1:46 PM

Reply to comment by Extension_Bat_4945 in Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates says the rise of AI poses a threat to Google's search engine profit by Nsaxon

I switched to DDG due to constant captchas on google behind my VPN. I mean, I use the VPN for privacy. I’m not going to be inconvenienced so Google can also steal my data.

SVZ0zAflBhUXXyKrF5AV t1_j9l0df8 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 7:15 PM

I'm not fond of the phrase "the AI will know you so well".

I know that to many people such a system would be a convenience working transparently particularly if they aren't quite sure what they're searching for or how to optimally phrase the query, but personally I really don't like them gathering that much data and tracking me that they know me that well.

I realise it's already basically unavoidable, but knowing how they use the data and why they collect it, along with how they track and target people, it doesn't reassure me.