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Post by stavros » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 3:43 PM UTC

Aachen wrote: post #107

stavros wrote: post #61

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> What would happen to world power consumption if 1% of WhatsApp chats would be fed to ChatGPT? The same thing that happens now, when 100% of power consumption is fed to other purposes. What's the problem with that?

Huh? It's additional power draw in the midst of an energy transition. It's not currently being used differently. What do you mean what's the problem with that? Also don't forget it's just one of three aspects I can think of off the top of my head. This isn't the only issue with LLMs... Edit: while typing this reply, I remembered a fourth: I've seen many people object morally/ethically to the training method in terms…

Post by karn97 » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:03 PM UTC

JonnyaiR wrote: post #51

charlie-83 wrote: post #47

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All messages are e2e encrypted though right?

my mom showed me her phone the other day - she had updated her Whatsapp App and now the search bar has changed from "search your chats" to "search chats or ask Meta AI anything". I've googled a bit but did not find an option to disable meta AI and also found no definitive answer what Meta AI actually does - if i search for a chat, does it use this chat as context to provide answers? does it run locally (i highly doub…

Post by hombre_fatal » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:14 PM UTC

idiotsecant wrote: post #69

echoangle wrote: post #49

As others have already said, think about what you're doing when you use this. If you connect a not-selhosted LLM to this, you're effectively uploading chat message with other people to a third-party server. The people you chat with have an expectation of privacy so this would probably be illegal in many jurisdictions.

I would argue that there is no expectation of privacy for messaging apps without end to end encryption. There is always the man in the middle listening.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:23 PM UTC

Aachen wrote: post #107

stavros wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What would happen to world power consumption if 1% of WhatsApp chats would be fed to ChatGPT? The same thing that happens now, when 100% of power consumption is fed to other purposes. What's the problem with that?

Huh? It's additional power draw in the midst of an energy transition. It's not currently being used differently. What do you mean what's the problem with that? Also don't forget it's just one of three aspects I can think of off the top of my head. This isn't the only issue with LLMs... Edit: while typing this reply, I remembered a fourth: I've seen many people object morally/ethically to the training method in terms…

Post by IshKebab » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 4:25 PM UTC

CarlitosHighway wrote: post #9

samastur wrote: post #6

Cool work, but I'm more fascinated by your claim "99% of your life is stored in WhatsApp...". Not even remotely true for me even if it would encompass all messaging apps I use. I guess I'm just an old introvert, but it makes me wonder how life looks like for those for whom it is true.

The way to absolute dominance of WhatsApp with the Normies has't been sufficiently analyzed, I reckon. Somehow, WhatsApp managed to become extremely popular and heavily used by people who have trouble switching on a desktop pc. Even senior citizens have no trouble using it. Is it because they have a high motivation to use it? The UI / UX of WhatsApp surely isn't great, I'd even say it's quite bad. Where am I wrong? W…