We rushed in wide-eyed and optimistic.
Free email, social media, cloud storage—it felt like a gift. Only later did we realize the bargain we’d made: in exchange for convenience, we handed over our most intimate asset: our data.
Big Tech didn’t just connect the world; it learned to watch, predict, and monetize every click.
Now, as AI takes center stage, Mark Suman sees the same trap being laid. This time, it isn’t just freedom of speech at stake, but freedom of thought itself. AI systems don’t only answer questions; they shape the ones we ask.
That’s why Mark co-founded Maple AI—to prove that another path exists. One where AI can serve people without watching them. One where privacy isn’t an afterthought, but the foundation. Maple is showing that intelligence itself can be free from surveillance.
At Imagine IF, Mark will challenge us to remember the lessons of the internet age, and refuse to give away our minds as easily as we gave away our data.
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