This newsbite links to an interesting article about research being done in an area of AI.

My main concern has less to do with being “profiled” by the government than the concept itself, and it’s ramifications on privacy in general–privacy being the right to your free time.

We’ve seen it happen already with the advent of the cellphone, and Mos Def lays it down nicely when he speaks on it in his song “Mathematics”:

“40% of Americans own a cell phone
so they can hear, everything that you say when you ain’t home”

this number’s probaby gone up since he dropped these lyrics. As a consultant i’m usually travelling to the worksite, so i’m relatively “on the hook” the entire time i’m there to be responsible for the project since i’m not at home–or so people assume. When i read something like:

“If people keep missing conferences during rush hour, PAL should learn to schedule meetings when traffic isn’t as thick.”

I see the inevitable. Computers sometimes take the fun out of “snow days” because we’ll be at a point where we’ll be able to perfectly maneuver around them in order to get work done. Essential “down time” has decreased because the expectation has become that we are to, like computers, be always available. Our only remaining “down time” seems to be those situations, as above, that are unpredictable. Now fools is trying to cut into that.

I got more to say but i’m on the hook to head out for worship this morning :) so feel free to comment:)

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