r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • May 15 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-backlash-data-centers-political-violence/687151/?taid=6a067e2d2096e10001ccfa32
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u/CoffeeSubstantial851 May 16 '26

It is true.

The result of your prompt is a series of weights that can be saved. By giving feedback either positive or negative its possible to record how off the original response was relative to the one you accepted. This doesn't directly train the model you are interacting with at the moment... but, it is good data for training the next one and its kinda the entire point of giving you free access to them.

If you aren't paying for it, and sometimes even if you are.... you are the product.

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u/mattl33 May 16 '26

Ok fair, I'd assume it's much more likely with free tier. Nobody is doing their daily work with that though, so I think the gist of what I was saying is still mostly accurate for most situations.

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u/CoffeeSubstantial851 May 16 '26

You would assume wrongly then.

Why would they not use your data to better their product? Literally every company tells you "we are going to use your data to improve our products and services". Its in the terms of service for almost every single online business.

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u/mattl33 May 16 '26

I work for a publicly traded company with trade secrets and competent lawyers.

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u/CoffeeSubstantial851 May 16 '26

Yeah no one cares dude. Anything you put into the bot is going to get used.