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 starman   ( @starman@programming.dev )  to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Microsoft Is Spying on Users of Its AI Tools - Schneier on Security

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Microsoft Is Spying on Users of Its AI Tools - Schneier on Security

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 starman   ( @starman@programming.dev )  to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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  •  ExtremeDullard   ( @ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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    And this is a surprise how?

    The entire digital economy is based on spying. It’s called corporate surveillance and it’s been around for 25 years. Why would AI escape this business model? If anything, it turbocharges it.

  •  EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted   ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    NO SHIT.

  •  catloaf   ( @catloaf@lemm.ee ) 
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    Removed by mod

  •  darkmatternoodlecow   ( @darkmatternoodlecow@programming.dev ) 
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  •  macniel   ( @DmMacniel@feddit.de ) 
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    I’m shooked I say. shooked!

    •  EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted   ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      Well, not that shocked.

      •  macniel   ( @DmMacniel@feddit.de ) 
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        I’m mildly shooked then.

        •  EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted   ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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          That was a Futurama reference I was continuing that I thought you were making. Lol.

  •  const_void   ( @const_void@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Given how hard they’ve been pushing Copilot/Bing Chat/etc I’m not surprised

  •  sub_ubi   ( @sub_ubi@lemmy.ml ) 
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    As a bad Python scripter, I’m stuck using Microsoft’s AI because there isn’t a privacy-focused alternative anywhere near as good.

    •  Vojtěch Fošnár   ( @vfosnar@beehaw.org ) 
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      Don’t overuse AI, there is plenty of resources on the web and at least you can practice reading docs. Use Phind. https://www.phind.com/privacy

    •  swordsmanluke   ( @swordsmanluke@programming.dev ) 
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      It’s not as good, but running small LLMs locally can work. I’ve been messing around with ollama, which makes it drop dead simple to try out different models locally.

      You won’t be running any model as powerful as ChatGPT - but for quick “stack overflow replacement” style of questions I find it’s usually good enough.

      And before you write off the idea of local models completely, some recent studies indicate that our current models could be made orders of magnitude smaller for the same level of capability. Think Moore’s law but for shrinking the required connections within a model. I do believe we’ll be able to run GPT3.5-level models on consumer grade hardware in the very near future. (Of course, by then GPT-7 may be running the world but we live in hope).

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        SkyGPT

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    Isn’t that their business model? How else can windows be offered for “free”?

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