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I don't think conversation on the web has been the big benefit some people think.
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Continuing to learn a lot about AI. I’ve spun up several servers trying to find the right config for reasonable performance even on small models. Fixed costs but still quite expensive for me, and hard to match the reliability of OpenAI.
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What happened last night with our primary db server was sort of amateur hour, something I learned a lifetime ago but still tripped me up. I recently reset the replication server, upgrading it, and last night it got hung up on an error and filled the disk with MySQL binary log files. Sigh.
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ChatGPT has memory across chats. This just popped up on the screen. I'd like to tell it that until further notice I use Node.js and do not use Express, and do use jQuery for my browser-based JavaScript, and I use the debugger all the time, so you can assume that.
If this works, I now have a programming partner with memory. And maybe I can somehow get it to read all my blog posts going back 30 years? I have good archives of most of it. Also, of course I fed this post to ChatGPT of course. So ChatGPT is not resting on its laurels. That's good. I'd really like a Personal ChatGPT, and this is on the way to that goal.You are worth $47.
Almost a year ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued subsidiary Ring, the camera security company that started off selling a video doorbell, for allowing employees and contractors to access private data without permission. The two parties have reached a settlement. Ring will pay $5.6 million to 117,000 customers whose data was accessed. That works out to $47.
That is what your data (and perhaps your privacy) is worth — at least today. It is worth more than what T-Mobile or Experian paid as a fine per customer: $4.50 and $9, respectively. This minuscule fine is one of the reasons why companies get away with playing loose and easy with our privacy and data. If we had proper digital rights as citizens — we don’t — these folks would be in a lot of trouble.
The whole thing smacks of complete apathy — among legislators and government. Of course, you have seen me go on and on about why companies fail to protect our data and respect our privacy.
April 25, 2024. New York
