"We know they are certainly using automated systems” to comb visa-holders’ social media histories, EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told Context. "Government use of AI for surveillance is an evergreen topic and is going to be even bigger in a year." https://www.context.news/surveillance/the-major-us-trends-in-ai-in-2025-and-whats-next-in-2026
@eff AI is going to be used everywhere, like computers, because it is efficient at what it does. It's neither a good or a bad thing. It is factual.
@taxalot @eff "Factual" is not the best word to use here. It tries to do what it was trained to do, which is not always what it's supposed to do. (And with the emphasis on "tries".) The quality of the model and its training heavily affect performance. Inadequate training can lead not only to underperformance, but also to textbooks examples of misalignment.
@elgregor @eff Whatever. It works.