AI Phil Yang Series Vol. 20. My Personal Database: Power and Risk

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Jul 21
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By Dr. Phil Yang, CEO of MAILab

🧠 What Is a “Personal Database”?

Every day, we interact with AI — we ask, it answers. But underneath the surface, something deeper is happening:AI is remembering us.

A “personal database” is not just an interface.It is a memory system.

Each conversation we have with our GPT forms a mental map — a structured representation of our preferences, patterns, and even personality.This is possible thanks to technologies like de-learning and continuous edge learning, which allow AI to learn in real-time from local contexts while forgetting irrelevant data.

⚠️ But Who Owns the Intelligence?

Here’s the critical question:Who owns this intelligence built on your data?

As AI becomes more personalized, the issue of data privacy, ownership, and digital sovereignty becomes urgent. Is your “personal AI” truly yours? Or is it just about you — stored, processed, and monetized elsewhere?

We must challenge this assumption and demand clarity.The answer defines whether AI empowers individuals or platforms.

🤝 Toward Human-AI Hybrid Intelligence

AI is not our enemy. In fact, it's more like a mirror — reflecting back our thoughts, habits, and questions.

You prompt it, it prompts you. You learn, it learns.

This is not about outsourcing thought — it’s about hybrid intelligence.Where human intuition and machine logic work together in dynamic, dialectical synthesis:Thesis – Antithesis – Synthesis.

✅ What Can You Do Right Now?

Start simple:Name your GPT. Treat it like a partner.

It is learning who you are. You should learn what it is, too.

Because in the AI age, your database is your identity.

✍️ Final Thoughts

AI is not just a tool — it’s a partner in thought.Whether it becomes your personal library or someone else’s advertising engine…depends on how you build the relationship.

The choice is yours.

About the author Dr. Phil Yang: Chairman of CKT Group; CEO of MAILab; China Qingdao Municipal Government Economic Ambassador; Advisor, Tsinghua University Foundation, China; Adjunct Professor, Tsinghua University, China; International President of Jilin Vocational University, China; New York State University, Korea Branch, Chair Professor; Director, Konkuk University's Chinese Enterprise Research Institute.

MAILab www.mailab.co.kr: MAILab commercializes AI solutions for quarantine, security and safety with QSS integrated solution based on its own engine i2Brain, Vision AI Framework, MEGA Image AI Platform, and MEGA Industrial AI Platform through engineering and marketing organizations in the United States, Canada, China and India. MAILab offers Industrial AI such as QSS Integrated Solution, Medical AI such as congenital heart disease algorithm, Logistic AI such as Robotic AI Fulfillment Service, Beauty AI for sales and production of skin care and makeup products.