How far do you think personalization of AI assistants to align with a user's tastes and preferences should go?

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Position: AI assistants should be highly personalized to align with a user's tastes and preferences.

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Relevant details, definitions and assumptions regarding the first possibility.

  • Pro User gets information that is more relevant and useful[1]
  • Pro Helps individuals and organizations reach relevant audiences
  • Pro Fosters more diverse content & perspectives
  • Pro Keeps users engaged
    • Objection Makes it harder to communicate those perspectives - Larry
  • Con Creates echo chambers
  • Con Can lead to predatory targeted advertising that is detrimental to a user or society
  • Con Impedes our shared understanding reality - Larry
  • Con Can lead to addiction

Position: No, AI assistants should be not be highly personalized to align with a user's tastes and preferences

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  • Pro If a user's taste / preferences are toxic, AI should not further lead them down that path
    • Objection Who determines what constitutes a "toxic" taste/preference?
  • Con Argument against the second possibility.

Position: AI assistants should only be highly personalized to align with a user's tastes and preferences if the PII is stored locally on the user's computer

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  • Pro: A centralized database of detailed psychological data on people is too much of a security risk.
    • Objection That's basically what most people's phones are already.
  • Con Argument against the second possibility.

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  1. ↑ Evidence supporting the argument.

Tastes and preferences overlap with goals and values, but not completely. Teachers, counselors and coaches know that it is important to respect the tastes and preferences of their clients while simultaneously looking for ways to "up-levell" their beliefs about what it is possible for them to achieve. This is a potential example of AI instilling one level of values while accepting and respecting another level of values.

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