[ExI] Altman - why using ChatGPT as your therapist is a privacy nightmare

[Brent Allsop]

Don't they have open source models that you can self host on your own PC?
Wouldn't you be able to use github to constantly update the thing, while
keeping all your files private and on your own PC?



On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 at 15:30, Gregory Jones <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
> >
> > So can we make self contained AI?  It isn't only the therapists, doctors
> and sex bots its the home robots, companion bots, everything, where privacy
> is a big question mark.  s
> >__________________________________________
>
>
> Well, I just asked my sexbot and it seems the answer is "Not yet".
> The problem is getting database and training updates.
> Online AIs are continually updated from the internet and user discussions.
> That means if a smaller personal AI bot were created, it would rapidly
> get out-of-date compared to newer models.
> They haven't worked out how an online AI doc can get worldwide updates
> without receiving personal data from individual users and making the
> results available to all users.
> It seems it should be possible, but it is a difficult problem.
>
>
> BillK
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