[181582] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OK, Google. Time to dial back the AI hype.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mel Beckman)
Sun Jun 28 23:55:50 2015
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From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org>
To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 03:55:47 +0000
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Because Google is an ISP, it seems to me a legitimate discussion point. Giv=
en Google's penchant for crafty customer surveillance, this technology seem=
s like one that Google might try to leverage into a snoopy product. .=20
-mel via cell
> On Jun 28, 2015, at 10:59 PM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com=
> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> wrote:
>> Don't computer scientists have a responsibility to deal forthrightly wit=
h the public on the real state of research in such fields as AI? When an In=
ternet provider like Google makes such outlandish claims, one has to wonder=
what the real agenda is.
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> don't list users have a responsibility to attempt to stay on topic?
