[ExI] Near Future AI 'smartphone' Assistants

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The development of personal AI is becoming increasingly clear.

These future AIs will do much more than merely respond to prompts.
They will operate autonomously in the background, acting on your
behalf and pursuing your goals with independence and competence.
Your primary interface with the world will still be a device – the
smartphone successor – which will host your personal AI agent.
This will be no stripped-down utility, but a profoundly sophisticated
model, far surpassing the capabilities of today's ChatGPT. It will run
locally and privately, ensuring all your core interactions remain
exclusively yours. It will be your personal secretary with its own
initiative to look after your interests.

Sounds great, doesn't it?
Well, there might be some downsides. Your AI will be 'private' in the
sense that Google, Meta, etc. won't be tracking your every
transaction. But it won't be private if your device is ever seized by
the authorities for any reason. The seizure reason could be quite
trivial, just an excuse really. Then your life could be examined in
total detail for any and every action that the authorities might
decide is an offense.
The police already examine smartphones, laptops, PCs and car computers
during investigations. Lawfare is now a recognised way to attack
opponents. Even if groundless, the process is the punishment,
sometimes continuing for many years.

How might this affect future behaviour?

Some people might just refuse these future AI assistant devices.
That will make life much more difficult for them in a society where
these devices become indispensable. It will also be considered very
suspicious behaviour in this new form of society.
What have you got to hide?

The opposite choice is to allow the personal AI assistant to become
part of your life and record 'privately' every detail. This should
make populations very well-behaved and become extremely cautious
in order to avoid any action that might cause offense.

Either way, this is going to change society in many unexpected ways.

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