Mass Manipulation
François warns about the potential of deep learning technology being used for mass surveillance and psychological control through the manipulation of human behavior at scale. He discusses the concern of our lives being increasingly online and digital, and how our digital footprint can be used to build a reinforcement loop for human behavior. The conversation also touches on the biased nature of recommender systems and the possibility of turning everyone into a Republican or Democrat through optimization.In this clip
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François Chollet: Keras, Deep Learning, and the Progress of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #38
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