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If you are an office worker of any kind please understand Copilot Recall for what it is: Microsoft wants a training dataset of _what your job looks like_ in order to _replace you_. The nepo baby your oligarch puts in charge will happily pay half your salary to Microsoft to get even most of your job done without you.

Wealth wants access to skill without giving the skilled access to wealth.

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MastodonWill Berard 🫳🎤🫶 (@MrBerard@mastodon.acm.org)Attached: 1 image This poll has never been more relevant. BBC: Copilot Recall: Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3xjrj7v78o #Microsoft #MicrosoftRecall #Windows11 #AI #BBC #Privacy #surveillance

Do you think Microsoft will eventually alter Copilot Recall to send data home to their servers?

@PatrickoftheG I can't take credit for the idea, but I appreciate the recognition

@cargot_robbie if they are not already sending the training weights while protesting loudly that "user data is never sent anywhere" I will eat my largest hat.

@gnomon Precisely! I also wonder how many Windows workspaces are hosted on Azure with unencrypted drives. No need to phone home with the data when the call is coming from inside the house, right?

@cargot_robbie @gnomon also nobdifference "encrypting the hard drive" if the keys need to be in Azure cloud at any point in time (and they need to be so the system can run)

@cargot_robbie I’m relatively confident that the first time a bank finds all its inner operating processes sprayed across the internet this will stop. Fast. The tedious bit is waiting for when (not if) that happens.

@cargot_robbie the best thing anyone in grassroots ai and ml can do is to distill all Executive Movements

VPs are models now.

Their North Star is my Prompt.