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Culturally, we have grown to expect machines to know us. We get annoyed if a search engine does not instantly guess our thoughts. Yet, we also feel creeped out when an ad appears for something we only talked about out loud. This love-hate relationship shows how we have traded our privacy for convenience. We want the magic of instant answers, even if it means letting the machine look back into our lives.
controversy
Supporting arguments
- Convenience versus privacy trade-off
- The uncanny valley of targeted ads
- High expectations for instant personalization
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