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    Google’s The Selfish Ledger (leaked internal video)

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    4 HN mentions · mentioned in 4 months, 2018–2023

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    8:42 · 577K views · May 17, 2018

    Leaked internal Google X video, 'The Selfish Ledger', a speculative thought experiment about treating user data as a ledger that could guide and shape human behavior, including products sold to fill data gaps.

    HN cites it as a glimpse of how Google and other data companies think about behavioral sequencing and data collection.

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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @amoshiOct 2018· in “Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing them with robots”

      I think this will happen. Brings to mind Google's secret project The Selfish Ledger, especially how it can be used for "Behavioural Sequencing"... [0] As tech gets better it'll become easier to analyse the masses and make good predictions - how much can the masses put up with? How much further can we push them before the boiling point is reached? [0] this video

      CitesView on HN
    2. @crocodiletearsAug 2020· in “Google speakers are listening to more than just voice commands”

      In the abstract, this reminds me of the selfish ledger concept video, where they discussed pushing specific products on relevant customers in order to fill gaps in data collection. this video

      CitesView on HN
    3. @dotnet00May 2023· in “TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, Lawsuit Alleges”

      Brings to mind that old leaked Google internal 'thought experiment' video "The Selfish Ledger": this video

      CitesView on HN
    4. @dotnet00May 2022· in “I made an AI write a story about AI then I made another AI illustrate it”

      This reminds me of Google's 'The Selfish Ledger' thought experiment video from a few years ago: this video

      CitesView on HN