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dangillmor, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Just discovered the Dropbox had turned on -- without my assent -- a feature that let it use what I've stored there for AI training, which means it was being sent to "Open"AI. I had to opt out, and only did it after being alerted here on Mastodon to the fact that this was happening. (h/t @natematias)

This is a disgusting betrayal, and I'm looking for an alternative to Dropbox.

(Update: This story from CNBC says Dropbox CEO claims the sharing "only" occurs if you use the AI tools in the site.)

frogplate, 1 year ago to random

In a fit of nostalgia, I've installed gForth on my Pixelbook for a little play and now have to think of something amusing to do with it. I last used #forth on the Commodore VIC-20 in the 1980s and have forgotten everything beyond basic stack manipulation. I think having a crack at writing a clone of the #todotxt CLI (http://todotxt.org/) might be good for a laugh.

frogplate, 1 year ago to llm

I was reading Terry Pratchett last night and realised he had predicted the rise of Large Language Models like ChatGPT. In "Going Postal", Ladislav Pelc, D.M.Phil, Prehumous Professor of Morbid Bibliomancy, wrote a whole chapter on "...oh, something to do with big masses of writing thinking for themselves."

#LLM #ChatGPT #Pterry #Pratchett