Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost? Gig AI trainers worldwide are selling moments of their lives, including calls and texts, to AI companies for quick cash

'... gig AI trainers – who upload everything from scenes around them to photos, videos and audio of themselves – are at the frontlines of a new global data gold rush'
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What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collectiv...

'"You’ll never think alone again," said one advertisement'

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Resnikoff: "Cluely’s explicit promise is to abolish solitude – and, in effect, to abolish thought. All dialogue with one’s self is to be replaced by [LLM] queries"

#AI #AIAssistant #RobotizationOfHumans

UK scientists to synthesise human genome to learn more about how DNA works Five-year SynHG project aims to pave way for next generation of medical therapies and treatment of diseases

'In another "slightly wild"” idea, Brassington said celebrities might even start "licensing" parts of their genome to allow people to copy their genes.'
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