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Another point brought out is that iTerm2 may be offering their users data, for free, as training data for LLMs. You need an API key to use the built-in ChatGPT

Another point brought out is that iTerm2 may be offering their users data, for free, as training data for LLMs. You need an API key to use the built-in ChatGPT feature, but do you need a key if you're just feeding data to the AI?

joshstrange 2y ago
The mid/disinformation in this comment almost makes me want to flag it. What an absolutely absurd idea that can be easily confirmed (it’s open source) and is borderline libel against the developer who has been maintaining this project for over a decade. It’s a crazy conspiracy theory that we can confirm or deny by looking at the code and it’s a theory about a practice (OpenAI taking training data from sources sending it to them not using the API, and also OpenAI doesn’t train on API data) that we have never seen in the wild.
- soraminazuki 2y ago
  The amount of FUD and vitriol displayed by some circles for a small and non-intrusive optional feature is insane. This is especially evident in the issue tracker. The response is more vicious than Windows shoving AI in the start menu, and it's baffling. I have no use for the feature, I can write shell commands on my own. But why in the world would I go berating the developer over this? Why would anyone? iTerm2 is a gift that users owe him for, not the other way around. I see this in some open source communities. Is this kind of thing normal?
einsteinx2 2y ago
If you have so little trust in the dev, why would you use iTerm2 in the first place instead of the built in Terminal app? Based on the same unfounded paranoia, how do we know it’s not keylogging your passwords and or stealing other sensitive information you enter into the terminal? Oh right, we can just check the source code because it’s open source. I have as much AI feature fatigue as the next person, but feel like I have way more anti-AI histeria fatigue at this point. Seems like for some people all rational thinking goes out the window as soon as AI is mentioned and pure emotion takes over.
Filligree 2y ago
What sort of point is that? “In addition to the perfectly fine thing we know about, the author may secretly be evil?”
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ElCapitanMarkla 2y ago
I mean its opensource so if you can point to where its doing that...

joshstrange 2y ago

The mid/disinformation in this comment almost makes me want to flag it. What an absolutely absurd idea that can be easily confirmed (it’s open source) and is borderline libel against the developer who has been maintaining this project for over a decade. It’s a crazy conspiracy theory that we can confirm or deny by looking at the code and it’s a theory about a practice (OpenAI taking training data from sources sending it to them not using the API, and also OpenAI doesn’t train on API data) that we have never seen in the wild.

soraminazuki 2y ago
The amount of FUD and vitriol displayed by some circles for a small and non-intrusive optional feature is insane. This is especially evident in the issue tracker. The response is more vicious than Windows shoving AI in the start menu, and it's baffling. I have no use for the feature, I can write shell commands on my own. But why in the world would I go berating the developer over this? Why would anyone? iTerm2 is a gift that users owe him for, not the other way around. I see this in some open source communities. Is this kind of thing normal?

einsteinx2 2y ago

If you have so little trust in the dev, why would you use iTerm2 in the first place instead of the built in Terminal app? Based on the same unfounded paranoia, how do we know it’s not keylogging your passwords and or stealing other sensitive information you enter into the terminal? Oh right, we can just check the source code because it’s open source. I have as much AI feature fatigue as the next person, but feel like I have way more anti-AI histeria fatigue at this point. Seems like for some people all rational thinking goes out the window as soon as AI is mentioned and pure emotion takes over.

Filligree 2y ago

What sort of point is that? “In addition to the perfectly fine thing we know about, the author may secretly be evil?”

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ElCapitanMarkla 2y ago

I mean its opensource so if you can point to where its doing that...