Hey interesting concept! Definitely lots of concerns in terms of collecting data on people who have not consented (i.e. in public on a walk).
I’ve been recording my entire digital presence using an app I built https://hindsight.life/ . Curious what you think about the project and would love to connect if you find it interesting!
Hey! I checked out your site and I found it really interesting. In terms of utility & implementation simplicity, I think focusing purely on digital prescence makes some sense. At the limit, if you were able to accurately model the continuation of a sequence of all inputs + the screen state + audio output of a computer, I think this might end up being a surprisingly powerful “general-purpose-human-simulator” (given how much the average person lives their lives through their screen). However, one thing that draws me to lifelogging-style video is the promise to capture the more subtle and poetic parts of being human (listening to the other conversations in a restaurant, laughing at the joke the barista makes when you order your coffee, etc). I think these aspects are what elevate simulator models from being something merely “economically useful” to something that begins to approach “continued existence” for the person being modeled.
I definitely share the concerns re data collection. US laws are generally lenient towards this type of video recording in public spaces (though it does vary by state). I worry more about the privacy implications (independently of legality) and how it would be possible to respect the rights of anyone that’s recording/is recorded, while also being able to use those recordings to do anything useful.
Hey interesting concept! Definitely lots of concerns in terms of collecting data on people who have not consented (i.e. in public on a walk).
I’ve been recording my entire digital presence using an app I built https://hindsight.life/ . Curious what you think about the project and would love to connect if you find it interesting!
Hey! I checked out your site and I found it really interesting. In terms of utility & implementation simplicity, I think focusing purely on digital prescence makes some sense. At the limit, if you were able to accurately model the continuation of a sequence of all inputs + the screen state + audio output of a computer, I think this might end up being a surprisingly powerful “general-purpose-human-simulator” (given how much the average person lives their lives through their screen). However, one thing that draws me to lifelogging-style video is the promise to capture the more subtle and poetic parts of being human (listening to the other conversations in a restaurant, laughing at the joke the barista makes when you order your coffee, etc). I think these aspects are what elevate simulator models from being something merely “economically useful” to something that begins to approach “continued existence” for the person being modeled.
I definitely share the concerns re data collection. US laws are generally lenient towards this type of video recording in public spaces (though it does vary by state). I worry more about the privacy implications (independently of legality) and how it would be possible to respect the rights of anyone that’s recording/is recorded, while also being able to use those recordings to do anything useful.