Spying has always been limited by the need for human labor. #A.I. is going to #change that.

#Spying and #surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car, tap your phone, and listen to what you said. At the end, I would get a report of all the conversations you had and the contents of those conversations. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did.

https://slate.com/technology/2023/12/ai-mass-spying-internet-surveillance.html

The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. A.I. Will Enable Mass Spying.

The internet enabled mass surveillance. A.I. will enable mass spying.

^{Bruce Schneier (Slate)}