Snowden: OpenAI just went full mask off
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from 1984@lemmy.today to technology@lemmy.world on 15 Jun 2024 06:24
https://lemmy.today/post/12088693
from 1984@lemmy.today to technology@lemmy.world on 15 Jun 2024 06:24
https://lemmy.today/post/12088693
I personally don’t trust Snowden. Looking at the difference between how he was treated and how Assange was treated. One guy gets to rot in prison, other guy gets movies made about him from Hollywood. Snowden is very much controlled opposition in my mind.
But that being said, I think he is truthful about OpenAI. Which sucks, because now I and many others love using chat gpt.
It’s possible to self host these things though. I read an article about it here:
blog.lytix.co/posts/self-hosting-llama-3
But probably not worth the money for most people.
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Assange fled to a consulate in London. After years of annoying everyone in that small building he thought it would be smart to unveil sensitive information on the government of that consulate. So, they kicked him out by letting the British police in, now he’s getting prison time because fuck freedom of press apparently. Snowden fled to Russia. He would have never seen the light of day if they would have cought him. Probably Guantanamo Bay torture for the rest of his life. So their situations are different, I don’t know why that would make a difference to the trust in them.
Both have a strong moral compass, otherwise they wouldn’t have done what they did.
I’d rather trust and believe whistleblowers with a very strong moral compass, acting in the interest of the general public, then big tech companies hoarding in our data, breaking copyright and privacy, all for those tasty billions. Those companies only have a moral code towards their own bank account.
Why do people keep saying that Snowden fled to Russia? Afaik he was on his way somewhere and had landed in Russia to get on a connecting flight when his passport was revoked, so he couldn’t leave whichever country he was in, which happened to be Russia.
I never heard of this, only the hygene problems. Do you have more info?
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Snowden is rather trustworthy simply because he risked A LOT by doing something he believed in. He’s an international hero.
Self-hosting an AI chatbot takes 5 minutes and is very easy if you’ve ever used the linux terminal before.
Unfortunately, it’s not so easy or useful if you don’t have a powerful machine to host it with
Depends on the model. Dolphin-mistral is like 4GB in size and runs on any somewhat modern cpu with reasonable performance. Larger models ofc should be run with higher end gpus at least, but even in hybrid mode (gpu+cpu) models like dolphin-mixtral (26GB) run just fine. For reference, I have a 5800x and a 6900xt, ollama installed in a distrobox container.
I think it’s more complex than that. There’s a reason he went to Russia, and it’s not because Russia is a haven for political dissidents. He’s a thorn in the US’ side, and he’s currently benefiting Russia by doing that, so he gets to stay. He probably also sold some intel to Russia as well.
I do think he’s a hero, but I don’t like that he’s currently in Russia. I think the President should pardon him for whistleblowing and bring him home, but also never give him security clearance (or allow him to work with those that have it). I’m grateful for him outing constitutional violations by the NSA, but I’m also worried about his loyalties.
Why would anyone downvote this obvious truth?
I think most people are not spending enough time reading about propaganda and how it’s used in 2020. Its very effective and people don’t know they have been exposed to it.
We who live in the western world frequently believe propaganda is done by Russia and China but not by our own leaders.
reddit.com/…/a_russian_and_an_american_get_on_a_p…
Both are true, but I firmly believe western propaganda is less problematic because at least dissenting media is allowed. It’s still bad, but they’re not equivalent. Russian and Chinese propaganda and censorship are like being locked in a room, whereas western propaganda is just putting billboards and ads everywhere, but you’re able to close the blinds and turn off the TV.
It’s much more than ads and billboards. That’s not propaganda at all. I would call that advertisements.
What I mean with propaganda is government agencies putting false information to the public and acting like it’s true, for the purpose of swaying an opinion in the direction they choose.
Sure, but they’re also not taking down correct information. Russia and China do both, western countries preserve freedom of the press, so governments have less sway (though they often get big media outlets to ignore certain topics in exchange for continued press access).
Western propaganda is more nuanced and thus harder to detect, because it has to be. But good information still exists if you look, and usually makes its way to the mainstream eventually. It’s subliminal, and most people don’t change the channel or close the blinds, but at least they have the option.
Because it’s obviously not true? At least part of it.
Here’s the content in case anyone is blocking/avoiding X:
The source is probably this article.
He’s exiled in Russia.
Also here’s a list of movies made about Assange:
imdb.com/list/ls049048610/