As someone who is involved in making arts things, and also hacking web things, I have thought of many ways to try and surprise people with their own data. To make a spectacle, and to draw attention to how much we leak information, to be used by who knows who for who knows what. But I settled on the most interesting path being to make a connection with people and share in their information with their agreement. Rather than perusing the predatory urge of the artist or the hacker.
Terr_ 5 hours ago [-]
Somehow that makes me think of this exchange, where the AI has been demonstrated to a select group of stakeholders, and believes their happy reactions are representative of everyone it will spy on.
> MORPHEUS: "I was a prototype for Echelon IV. My instructions are to amuse visitors with information about themselves."
JC DENTON: "I don't see anything amusing about spying on people."
> MORPHEUS: "Human beings feel pleasure when they are watched. I have recorded their smiles as I tell them who they are."
> JC DENTON: "Some people just don't understand the dangers of indiscriminate surveillance."
> MORPHEUS: "I was a prototype for Echelon IV. My instructions are to amuse visitors with information about themselves."
JC DENTON: "I don't see anything amusing about spying on people."
> MORPHEUS: "Human beings feel pleasure when they are watched. I have recorded their smiles as I tell them who they are."
> JC DENTON: "Some people just don't understand the dangers of indiscriminate surveillance."
-- Deus Ex (2000)