My Memories Are Just Meta’s Training Data Now

As I scroll through my social media feed, I can’t help but feel like my memories are no longer my own. They have become nothing more than data points for algorithms to analyze and categorize.

Every photo I post, every status update I share, every like I give – it all gets stored away in some server farm, ready to be mined for information by companies like Meta (formerly Facebook).

It’s a strange feeling to know that my most personal moments are being used to train artificial intelligence systems. What once felt like a way to connect with friends and family now feels like a transaction, a trade-off between my privacy and convenience.

But despite my misgivings, I find myself unable to break away from these platforms. The convenience they offer is too great, the connections too valuable.

So I continue to scroll, to like, to share – all the while knowing that my memories are just data points in a vast ocean of information, waiting to be analyzed and monetized.

Perhaps one day I will break free from this cycle, reclaiming my memories as my own. But for now, I remain a willing participant in Meta’s grand experiment of turning human experience into training data.