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The gist is the OP went nuts replacing Google and Meta with self-hosted tools, and now he's feeding more data than ever into Anthropic or OpenAI (didn't specify
by 1123581321 8mo ago
The gist is the OP went nuts replacing Google and Meta with self-hosted tools, and now he's feeding more data than ever into Anthropic or OpenAI (didn't specify, or I missed it. Skimming AI-generated blog posts tires the eyes.)
That's par for the course, honestly. News-cycle-driven anti-big-tech sentiment is weak fuel for a lifelong commitment. Something new was going to come along.
I am always happy for anyone who felt stuck on their side projects and no longer does, though.
- theiasson 8mo agoThis paragraph made me laugh out loud: >I’ve settled into an uneasy position: AI for work where the productivity gain justifies the privacy cost, strict boundaries everywhere else. It’s not philosophically clean. It’s just honest.
- co_king_5 8mo ago[dead]
- crazygringo 8mo agoTo be fair, OP talks specifically about that -- that's a full quarter of the post: > I’ve spent the past year moving away from surveillance platforms... And yet I willingly feed more context into AI tools each day than Google ever passively collected from me. It’s a contradiction I haven’t resolved. The productivity gains are real enough that I’m not willing to give them up, but the privacy cost is real too, and I notice it.
- 1123581321 8mo agoYes, it's glib, though (and just a generated thought.) No real reflection on what sent them down the privacy tools route in the first place.