Great to see your articulate responses @takingtigermountain. @achronon corrected me while in the discussion when I said AI could think or know, and your writing above reflects my own thinking on the matter, in a better show of wordsmanship.
I too wish for myself and others to always hold close the idea of control over our own information. Personally, I am too poor to be influenced by online product placements…too patternless on internet usage to be defined…yet still, it is all too easy for others to define me, to utilize even the littlest bits of information, whether now or in the future. @Mark_Jabbour has frequently stated that raising a child in the current wild world seems more difficult than ever…good luck to you young parents! Teach your children well. Just because it is out there does not mean we have to blindly participate.
If you haven’t checked this Cosmos Cafe episode out below, my personal algorithmic thinking has deciphered that you have an 80% chance of enjoying the content, though by enjoy I mean become even more aware of the need to be engaged and vigilant in our tragically comedic world.