03 Information Flow within Communities

#Information Flow #Privacy AI

Dilemmas

  • AI progress originating from data growth or high quality dataset simply cannot exempt us from violating privacy;
  • We need relative and representative data in all research so that it is applicable in real-life;
    • Not just AI research that is data-hunger because all research collaborates with each other at some point

Information Services

A typical narrative about privacy:

  • Lack of data sharing could lead to service lock-in;
  • More privacy violation could happen because of data-sharing;

But there is a difference regarding private data being transferred:

  • Private data moving with the owner;
    • This is the sharing we want
  • Private data being sold with owner’s consent;
    • This is not the sharing we want

We need Interoperability (e.g. install third-party apps on your phone, bypassing ink cartridge in printers) to fight against lock-in. In this case, we need this type of information flow that are in our control.