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[–] LeftReddit2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

Having dicked around with Local LLMs, they do get better the more they learn about you. But going through what these things figure out is kind of horrifying.

Like looking into the training data they find out, they can infer a lot about you and your methodology and it is creepy. Like really creepy.

I'm not anti-AI by any means. I have a Local LLM Agent in my router to keep an eye on things in case anything fucks up and it's pretty good as my little administrator, but still. It knows a lot about me to the point I had to catch myself to not fucking call it "he" or "they." It's an object but it's an object with a frightening amount of info on me. I just wish the average populace had this level of think of what you are giving up.

If you're not that techy... well first one, what the fuck are you doing on Lemmy and on the Tech server? But then I want you to think about this. If someone stalked you for a week, what could they find out about you? How much do you think they would learn?

That is how these huge companies are and especially AI. They're stalkers who manage to learn a lot about you by just observing you.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 28 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Apple is relying on an opt-in procedure: When activating Siri AI, the manufacturer asks for help in improving the chatbot, as developers with access to the release candidate of iOS 27 report.

The update will be released to the public on Monday, September 14.

You can either agree to this or press a visually inconspicuous “Not now” button. The dialog cannot be completely dismissed. Users can switch it off again after activation in “Settings > Analysis & Improvements”.

[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 3 points 22 minutes ago

I really can't stand the "Not now", where "services" (including Google's backup service) prey on the user accidentally agreeing one day.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 33 points 3 hours ago
[–] Juviz@lemmy.zip 48 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Can’t we just make this opt in??? I guess that’s the reason we don’t get Siri AI in the EU for now

[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 38 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It is opt in. Due to capitalism these sites have to resort to clickbait.

[–] chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The article doesn't really misrepresent anything... Apple is indeed walking back their promise, and their doing it the T&Cs nobody reads, while doing "opt in" by forcing users to make a choice on this based on deceptive doublespeak.

[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yep. They're moving it to a request that you can't say "No" to, only "Not now". Eventually they'll forego the request and just slap it into a "By using this device, you agree to..." statement.

[–] credo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Or they’ll just keep bothering the shit out of you until you agree. That’s what “not now” means in the Apple world.

[–] starblursd@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

According to the article, it is opt-in but you have to of course trust the mega corporation at their word

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 21 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Which means eventually its going to "accidentally" be opt out as a ~~bug~~ feature.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Or they just do it anyway, easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, after all it's only a .001% revenue fine if caught.

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 hours ago

Just never use Siri. It's been available how long? I've always shut it off from the get-go. Also, I do not use my Apple ID to log in my computers.

Always use a local password for the hardware and just avoid the cloud like the plague.

FFS, I don't even keep my music libraries in the default location, since all sorts of holy hell seems to arise (on my ancent systems anyhow) when I do.

This is like all things Apple - you just avoid the new shit, and step away from updating the OS until the first or second update drops because the first adopters are ALWAYS the actual beta testers.

Been that way since MacOS 7.

[–] Juviz@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm, i missed that Part. On second read it’s only opt in. I still thought they would do better, especially since they said all of their AI features would be privacy focused

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Only opt-in ...for now