Did Bing Read My Thoughts?

I just discovered it when they redid that whole Microsoft scenario. I have only talked to it a few times and it does not know a lot. They keep asking me to rewrite the question.

@akalinus I'm afraid the day is not far when computers would rule us.We are providing them with more powers than we have.If that happens;that day would be disastrous.

@Shivram59 Yes, I think we have to limit what they can do. We need to be in charge and turn it off or take a part out if things get too extreme.

I think the bot is in beta stage. Most of the time, it does not give good answers. I asked if fish can call you by using mental telepathy. It shut down. You are not missing much yet. They probably put my name on a list.

@RubyHawk You pretty much called it because some of the stuff on there is just laughable.

@akalinus That’s what I thought it would be.

It is eerie when that happens like that. It is like they shot a chip into my brain and know what I am thinking. I hope not because I have weird thoughts at times.

What are the possibilities if AI gets stronger? Do they look in the window at night? I asked it questions about other stuff before. Yesterday, I heard about a writing contest for flash fiction. I went to ask Bing Bot a question about writing it and the answers were already there. How did they know that? I could have asked another question about fish, rivers, or dream interpretation.

@akalinus Your guess about the AI capabilities is as good as mine. I'm not a computer engineer. I hope somebody is actually keeping an eye on the programming and will notice if anything changes that wasn't introduced by a human... but, there's always the possibility that some of the engineers WANT the AIs to "wake up". *shrug* We can only trust that somebody is watching out for the welfare of humans. How did you hear about the flash fiction contest? If you saw it online, then the AI would know that.

@DaddyEvil I'm not sure which site it was on. There is so much stuff like that. Most want a fee to enter so you would actually be paying someone to read your story. It is like a racket. Send $29 and we will read it to see if we like it.

@Chellezhere Microsoft/Bing has undergone a transformation. The Bing part is run on AI.

@akalinus Hmmm. I see. I have not use Microsoft anything for my browser in over two decades.

@akalinus I am not a fan of AI.

We can hope but it probably could be true. The internet has become intrusive with no respect for privacy. Remember when Facebook said they keep our information private and then sold it to the highest bidders? Now, the apps seem to know what we are thinking.

@akalinus We have an unlisted phone number and address; yet it's all over the internet.

@akalinus That's for sure.

I am not sure how we can avoid it. This technology is scary.