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Should We Be Able to Read ChatGPT's Mind?
Where I explain why knowing everything AI knows about you might drive you crazy.
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Carey Lening
We Need Our Claws Out to Protect our Privacy and Fundamental Rights
I share some of my favorite organizations, tech & laws for maintaining purr-sistent resistance against fascists, big tech, and the broligarchy. Also a…
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Diving Deeper into DeepSeek
You're in for a treat -- A guest post by Pete (aka Crapotkin), who has been doing a deep seek when it comes to the company's ToS & API terms.
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Carey Lening
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Crapotkin
Episode 12 - Chance Conversations: Privacy, Justice, and Toddlers with Nukes! A Dive into the Mind of Rowenna Fielding
Fearless advocacy, toddlers, ethics, and puffins. C'mon, you know that sounds interesting.
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Carey Lening
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Conor Hogan
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Bon Dia, Catalonia!
I will be visiting Spain and Andorra May 18-25. Let's organize a meetup!
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Carey Lening
Dear Tech Companies: Please Stop Stepping on Your Own Dicks
Forcing users to decipher what you do with their data is a terrible idea.
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January 2025

From Frustration to Automation: How I Built a LLM-Powered Legal Case Summarizer
Programming generally scares me, but with the combined power of ChatGPT, Python, Obsidian and annoyance, I managed to write a pretty rad legal case…
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Episode 11: Building Bridges: A Conversation with Debbie Reynolds
Find out how rehabbing homes and building bridges are critical to success for Debbie.
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Carey Lening
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Conor Hogan
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A Follow Up on 'Does Proton Still Stand for Anything' ?
Andy Yen reached out to me on LinkedIn, and I wanted to share my thoughts on our conversation.
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Carey Lening
Does Proton Still Stand for Anything?
Proton's CEO Andy Yen, praised Trump on Twitter, and the company doubled-down in support of the Republicans and JD Vance. Here's why ditching "Swiss…
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I Do a Deep Dive on DeepSeek, Part 2
I really dig into DeepSeek's terms and privacy policy, and provide a link to the spreadsheet where I'm keeping track of differences between the six LLM…
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I Do a Deep Dive on DeepSeek
A reader tipped me off to a new chatbot out of China. While initial reports claim that it's the new big bad, on review, it's only slightly worse than…
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