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AI Needs Your Data. That’s Where Social Media Comes In.
Top artificial-intelligence companies have moved more aggressively to own or harness social networks to scrape as much information as possible.
More input, please.
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A film I loved growing up was the 1986 classic Short Circuit. In one scene, Johnny Five, the incredible robot that becomes “alive” after being struck by lightning, devours book after book, spending seconds on each title. Soon he runs out. “Ahh! More input, Stephanie! More!”
“There isn’t anything more!” replies Stephanie, the woman who found him. “You’ve read everything in the house!”