There is a myriad of reasons i may not want my data to be used. Maybe I am working on proprietary systems, maybe I am using Claude as a psychotherapist, maybe I use it as a tax advisor, the list goes on. Is it unrealistic to think that data may be extrapolated and connected to me in the future?

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godshatter 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Use gpt4all or one of the other locally-hosted AI chatbots. Download a model and see if it works for you. It won't be as good as the latest models out there presumably, but at least you're not sending any chat data anywhere.

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dudefeliciano 4 days ago | parent [-]

I'm really disheartened by all this shrugging of shoulders for a company mining user data. On hackernews... Anthropic initally positioned itself as a company with privacy and data protection as a priority, and had a real chance to claim moral high ground compared to its competitors.

	▲	godshatter 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not shrugging my shoulders about this. I already don't use online LLMs for anything important because of privacy concerns already (i.e. I assume anything that lands on their server is fair game for them to do what they like with it). If you do have privacy concerns about your data, host it locally. I have played around with self-hosted LLMs and they work for what I need, which is mostly playing around with them for entertainment. I'm careful about what data of mine lands on someone else's server, so I'm not a fan of this even without the dark patterns.

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tiahura 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe I am working on proprietary systems, maybe I am using Claude as a psychotherapist, maybe I use it as a tax advisor, the list goes on.

Then use the business version.

	▲	dudefeliciano 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		lol wtf kind of reply is that? Maybe relevant for the proprietary system part. I guess you would be fine with a tax advisor or therapist charging you more for a "gossip free service" where they will not disclose your personal information if you just pay more. To be clear, i don't use claude for any of those purposes, it's the principle i am talking about.

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robwwilliams 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Is there a reason you cannot opt out? Or don’t you trust Anthropic’s opt-out implementation.