Have you ever been surfing the web (do people do that anymore?) and the ads seem to read your mind? Ever feel like your devices are spying on you? Worries about robot uprising?
I for one am glad we live in a world where our technological overlords allow us to have some control over what we see and do online.
Okay, maybe we’re not quite at Terminator Two: Judgement Day yet, but there are times when the ads on social media seem to have eerily read my mind.
It’s all thanks to the algorithms that smarty-smart-pants humans create. I read an interesting article today that I’m sharing below to help you navigate through the online red-tape to determine what data (if any) you allow to be used to personalize your ads.
https://lifehacker.com/find-out-how-facebook-tracks-you-even-when-youre-not-us-1841306557
We don’t have to worry about robot uprising quite yet. Yes, artificial intelligence is a thing, but until it starts designing and creating new and unique variations of other artificial intelligences, were safe. Still I like to say thank you once in awhile to my digital assistants. You never know, one day it might pay off. I hope they’ll remember me being nice and not cussing them out. 😓
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