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

[BillK]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 at 16:53, Brent Allsop via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 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?
> _______________________________________________


Yes, they do! Llama 2 (from Meta) is one example. There are others.
You need a reasonably powerful, modern laptop (though not necessarily
a GPU) and some techie knowledge..

Open source models are not as powerful as the large online models, but
may be 'good enough' for personal use.
As you say, you could probably update the software from GitHub when a new
software release comes out.

Your laptop (and all open-source users) would be private and isolated
from the large worldwide online AI systems.
Therefore, you would not benefit from their software and data updates
and your data and discussions would not contribute to the online
databases to benefit other people.
Privacy has advantages and disadvantages!

BillK