Google has filed a patent for a software bot that would control your social media presence.
The software would first learn your voice by studying all of your social media accounts, then it would automatically suggest updates and replies it can make for future posts. The aim is for the bot to learn how you tweet and Facebook so it can gradually manage that for you — effectively outsourcing how you digitally socialise.
Of course, you would first have to give Google permission to access your entire online presence, from social to email and everything in between. This limitless access has some cyber privacy experts concerned. Nick Pickles, the director of Big Brother Watch, an organisation dedicated to protecting privacy, warned against the possible dangers. Pickles told the Daily Mail:
“That sort of data is valuable to both governments and companies, so I’m extremely concerned about any technology that purports to offer convenience while in reality exposing more of our private communications to prying eyes.”
Since the bot would essentially mimic your voice to seamlessly interact as you online, users would need to give it access to a wide array of accounts. They are, however, all opted-in, so it seems users would be given the option to select and specify what Google’s new software could analyse.
According to the patent:
There is no requirement for the user to set reminders or be proactive. The system automatically without user input analyses information to which the user has access, and generates suggestions for personalised reactions to messages. The suggestion analyser cooperates with the decision tree to learn the user’s behaviour and automatically adjust the suggested messages that are generated over time.
Google has filed a patent for a software bot that would control your social media presence.
