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Might have to reemphasize his question again but - what questions are you asking your LLM? Why are you responding to it and/or "treating" it differently then how you would a calculator or search engine.

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Because it's far more capable than a calculator or search engine and because you interact with it with conversational text, it reveals more aspects about your personality.

Why might your search engine queries reveal more about you than your keystrokes in a calculator? Now dial that up.

Sure - but I don't interact with it as if its human so my demeanor or attitude is neutral because I'm talking to you know - a computer. Are you getting emotional with and reprimanding your chatbot?

I don't get why I'm receiving pushback here. How you treat the LLM was only a fraction of my examples for ways you can look pathetic if your chats were made public.

You don't reprimand the google search box, yet your search history might still be embarrassing.

Your points were very accurate and relevant. Some people have a serious lack of imagination. The perpetual naysayers will never have their minds changed.

Good god, thank you. I thought I was making an obvious, unanimous point when I wrote that first comment.

No, you made a point that your LLM chat would be worse than your browser/search history being leaked. Which is insane for a multitude of reasons given what you can/can't search on LLMs vs browsers. This then prompted incredulous responses, so to explain you used examples that described how a person who doesn't go outside communicates with an LLM.

Yet another person who is incapable of imagining how other people might use technology without needing to denigrate them. It turns out you are not the average person. Perhaps someday that will sink in to some of you.

It's so tiring to read. You're making a reasonable point. Some people can't believe that other people behave or feel differently to themselves.

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