So is this another GPT-4 wrapper?
Dot by New Computer
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#12Something like this is most certainly going to become the mainstream interface for computing. I think the most likely thing that will hit mass market adoption will look much more like the voice interface in Her than a chat app. I couldn't imagine my mom getting much utility out of an app like this but if the AI is good enough I could certainly see her chatting with her phone as if it was a person.
> will look much more like the voice interface in Her What's Her?
It’s a movie about a humanlike personal AI companion.
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#13"Dot is, at its most simple, an app you chat with on iOS. You can send it words, voice memos, pictures, PDFs, and it’s thrilled to search the web for you, too. Communicating through written text (Dot’s voice is coming next year)" [0].
It looks quite "ambitious"[1]:
- Automated File Management: Dot creates, organizes, and retrieves both structured and unstructured information.
- Adaptive Intelligence: It learns from patterns in your behavior, plus any guidance you decide to share with it
- Internet Browsing: It has access to up-to-date information (and eventually, tools and services)
- Contextual Multimodal Understanding: It interprets text, audio, visuals, and links, informed by the context it already has on you
- Self-Programming: Dot proactively writes and stores routines, anticipating your future needs
- Personalized Display and Retrieval: It transforms information into the most compelling format for each user
- Conceptual Synthesis: It doesn’t just store information — it connects the dots between topics, ideas, and themes in your life
- Theory of Mind: Dot synthesizes a deeper understanding of your motivations and goals, while reflecting on how it can best help you to achieve them.
[0] https://www.fastcompany.com/90975882/meet-dot-an-ai-companio...
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#14Their privacy policy lists OpenAI as one of their partners for data processing, which indicates that this is happening not on your device, and data is also shared with third parties. For me this is the main counterargument against apps like these. I want to feel free to post any information into this without thinking about who may read or use it. Local is the only way to go for software like this in my opinion.
They say in their about page:
"We will never monetize your data. We will never monetize your attention. And we believe that the only way we can build towards the future we envision is through the continuous reinforcement of mutual trust and respect. Currently, we leverage best-in-class cloud-hosted models, including ones from OpenAI, Anthropic, and a selection of open-source options. Over time, we plan to reduce external dependence and localize computing to run on-device."
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#15So is this another GPT-4 wrapper?
Yes
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#16“Eventually, Mei decides she’s had enough of Dot interfering in every aspect of her life, uninstalls Dot, and goes about her business as usual, determined to interact with reality in a more wholehearted way.”
If you get 'em while they're young, they won't even know there's an alternative.
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#17Their privacy policy lists OpenAI as one of their partners for data processing, which indicates that this is happening not on your device, and data is also shared with third parties. For me this is the main counterargument against apps like these. I want to feel free to post any information into this without thinking about who may read or use it. Local is the only way to go for software like this in my opinion.
They say in their about page: "We will never monetize your data. We will never monetize your attention. And we believe that the only way we can build towards the future we envision is through the continuous reinforcement of mutual trust and respect. Currently, we leverage best-in-class cloud-hosted models, including ones from OpenAI, Anthropic, and a selection of open-source options. Over time, we plan to reduce exte…
Sounds like reverse-engineering to me
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#18“Eventually, Mei decides she’s had enough of Dot interfering in every aspect of her life, uninstalls Dot, and goes about her business as usual, determined to interact with reality in a more wholehearted way.”
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#19Who owns the copyright on mei's grandma's flatbread recipe now?
Recipes cannot be copyrighted.
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#20Their privacy policy lists OpenAI as one of their partners for data processing, which indicates that this is happening not on your device, and data is also shared with third parties. For me this is the main counterargument against apps like these. I want to feel free to post any information into this without thinking about who may read or use it. Local is the only way to go for software like this in my opinion.
They say in their about page: "We will never monetize your data. We will never monetize your attention. And we believe that the only way we can build towards the future we envision is through the continuous reinforcement of mutual trust and respect. Currently, we leverage best-in-class cloud-hosted models, including ones from OpenAI, Anthropic, and a selection of open-source options. Over time, we plan to reduce exte…
Great, then they should just put their promise into a legally binding irrevocable clause in their terms of service and also legally guarantee that their entire business will shut down if they violate it. They are never going to do it anyways, so no harm in enforcing what they are never going to do.