Confidential documents presented at a recent internal Google summit detail the tech giant’s plan to create an artificial intelligence (AI) designed to become its users’ ‘Life Story Teller.’
But to do it, the AI will require unprecedented access to each user’s personal data.
It’s unclear where this experimental AI, currently dubbed ‘Project Ellmann,’ will reside among Google’s apps and services, but the team behind it works for Google Photos — and their presentation suggested a tailored AI chatbot.
‘We can’t answer tough questions or tell good stories without a bird’s-eye view of your life,’ read one portion of the presentation, made by a Google product manager.
Next iteration mind-control. This will flatter, spy on, mold, control, and roll users. With luck, it will be ridiculous. ABN