> The FBI currently employs ~35,000 people. What if I told you that the FBI could reach the KGB's peak level of reach,
You are, if anything, underselling the point. AI will allow a future where every person will have their very own agent following them.
Or even worse, as there are multiple private addtech companies doing surveillance, and domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, so you might have a dozen AI agents on your personal case.
Aren't we there already? Sure, perhaps the fidelity is a bit grainy, but that's not going to remain as such for long. With the amount of data (for purchase) on the free market, the FBI, KGB, MoSS (China), etc. all have a solid starting foundation, and then they simply add their own layer upon layer on top.
I read "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" a couple of years ago and she was frighteningly spot on.
You are, if anything, underselling the point. AI will allow a future where every person will have their very own agent following them.
Or even worse, as there are multiple private addtech companies doing surveillance, and domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, so you might have a dozen AI agents on your personal case.