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 “big tech wants to sell your data” couldn’t be further from the truth

“big tech wants to collect your data” is much more accurate

“big tech wants to *sell your attention*, targeted to advertisers by using all the data they’ve collected, while ideally leaking none of the data to advertisers” is even more accurate 
 That’s why AI hype btw 
 AI is a really big shift in how information gets created and consumed. It’s a really big deal. Tons of new habits will get established in the coming years. Probably underhyped still.