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Machine learning is a surveillance technology.
Thats like saying Tables are eating technology. It really depends on how its used.
I understood what you meant but first reading it it sounds like the tables are rather quite hungry and I think that is hilarious
It is overwhelmingly used to generate statistical models of human behavior.
True, but you can also use a hammer to smack a bagle. Its just a tool at the end of the day
I mean, can be used that way, can also be used to predict the stock market, or future climate. Just depends on the intent.