From the “Real Me” to the “Statistical Me”: Why Privacy Protection Must Now Govern Data, Representation, and Action

Summary

This article argues that privacy protection should shift from safeguarding the "real me" as the holder of personal data to safeguarding the "statistical me": the inferred, model-generated version of a person that AI systems construct, remember, and act upon. The author frames privacy as needing to govern data, representation, and action.