‘AI will know everything about everybody’ – Kim Dotcom

The internet entrepreneur warned that new technologies could supercharge surveillance and give Washington access to vast databases of personal data AI could eventually gain unprecedented insight into people’s lives, internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has warned. He said the technology could bring together vast amounts of personal information, allowing AI systems to build highly detailed profiles of individuals.The technology could dramatically expand the reach of US surveillance, according to Dotcom. He added that AI systems could gain access to government databases containing vast amounts of information about citizens.“AI is very dangerous because it will get access to the US database,” the founder of the Megaupload file sharing service said in an interview with Tucker Carlson released on Friday. “So the AI will know everything about everybody.”Asked if there is any way to stop this from happening, Dotcom said, “Don’t have AI. Don’t have internet. It’s the only way.”The comments came during a discussion about online privacy and government surveillance. He went on to say that the US government operates massive surveillance programs capable of capturing phone calls, video calls, and o...