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Reddit is using AI to determine users beliefs, values, stances and more based on their activity (posts and comments) summarizing it to Subreddit Mods. (i.redd.it)
submitted 9 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36063172

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[–] basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Nah, I think all of it is literally just public data offered up by users themselves. If you didn't want those opinions shared, you shouldn't have posted them on Reddit.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

GDPR also applies to data you get from public sources.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I don't understand.

If someone writes a reddit post and says "I'm fasting for Ramadan," can I not infer from that public post that the user is probably Muslim?

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

You cannot use an algorithm to correlate it with other data without express consent.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

They will get your data from everywhere not just reddit. There needs to be many more laws and punishments for doing this.