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A comment on Everything Is Going Deep: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’.

Re:Everything Is Going Deep: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capita... by nixpulvis on Saturday February 02, 2019 @12:24PM (#19064240)
Deep Learning could in fact enable the next Deep State. Not that I love repurposing madness of today.
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Re:Everything Is Going Deep: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capita... by cranky_coder on Saturday February 02, 2019 @12:44PM (#19064378)
What does “the next Deep State” even mean? What do the words “deep state” even mean in this context?
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Re:Everything Is Going Deep: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capita... by nabla9 on Saturday February 02, 2019 @01:24PM (#19064650)
It means state within a state. Origin of the term is in 1990s Turkey. Military, police and justice system were upholding national interests and acting independently from the government.

Deep State is a form of clandestine government made up of hidden or covert networks of power operating independently of a nation's political leadership, in pursuit of their own agenda and goals.

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Re:Everything Is Going Deep: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capita... by anigbrowl on Saturday February 02, 2019 @03:10PM (#19065374)
upholding national interests

'national interest' seems like a highly moveable feast.

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Re:Everything Is Going Deep: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capita... by boomboomsubban on Saturday February 02, 2019 @08:31PM (#19067182)
Not particularly. As they were in control of the state, their goals were considered the national interest. It may not have reflected the will of the population or government, but that's often the case with national interests.
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Re:Everything Is Going Deep: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capita... by anigbrowl on Sunday February 03, 2019 @07:00PM (#19073010)
That seems like a really bad definition.
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Re:Everything Is Going Deep: ‘The Age of Surveillance Capita... by boomboomsubban on Sunday February 03, 2019 @11:40PM (#19074055)
The concept of "national interests" has been in use for about five hundred years now. What issue do you have with it?
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