Apple has an history of resisting surveillance and that’s true. However, it’s subject to regulations, they lower security in some countries (see UK), it’s based in the US which is definitely not encouraging, and… it may just end becoming like Google in the span of a few years.

That said, I prefer Apple to most of the other brands.

Google Drive alternatives that actually work well?

This is a big pain point of the iPhone. You can use Proton or other providers, but you will be stuck with iCloud for your backups.

The issue with the iPhone is that you need to trust Apple. They have a decent reputation (obviously someone will immediately say “nooo, it’s baaad!!1”), and it has a good trade-off security/usability, but it’s just like a top quality over-the-counter medicine. If you want the real stuff, there will be side effects (on features).

Are hiring managers actually less likely to hire women if they ask for market-rate pay, as opposed to men when they do the same?

If instead of giving passive aggressive replies you would spend a moment to reflect on what I wrote you would understand that ChatGPT reflect the reality, including any bias. In short the answer is yes with high probability.

LLMs do not give the correct answer, just the most probable sequence of words based on the training.

That kind of studies (because there are hundreds) highlight two things:

1- LLMs could be incorrect, biased, or give fake information (the so called hallucinations). 2- the previous point stems from the training material proving the existence of bias in the society.

In other words, having an LLM recommending lower salaries for women is a proof that there is a gender gap.

You sort of described RAG. It can improve alignment, but the training is hard to overcome.

See Grok that bounces from “woke” results to “full nazi” without hitting the mid point desired by Musk.

The study wanted to highlight the bias, not to recommend ChatGTP’s advice

Of course, but in this case “being an alternative” really depends on the goal. To produce content they may be all valid, to monetise content there will be differences, but to consume content none is really comparable to YouTube.

More because of US regression (note: it was a joke)

The problem is to use LLMs for the wrong things expecting correct answers.

I do not believe that LLMs will ever be able to replace humans in tasks designed for humans. The reason is that human tasks require tacit knowledge (=job experience) and that stuff is not written down in training material.

However, we will start to have tasks for LLMs pretty soon. It was already observed that LLMs work better on stuff produced by other LLMs.

There is also Vimeo.

However, none of these is a true alternative to YouTube in terms of content.

It’s neither. LLMs are statistical models: if the training material contains bias (women get lower salaries) the output will reflect that bias.

By the end of Trump’s term, China may also have better civil rights than the US.

Proton’s CEO comments on Trump: https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e

I use Proton and I’m happy with it. Tuta seems a great option but it’s less complete if you need the full package.

I recommend to buy your own domain.

What a nice thread!

I add here https://www.ecosia.org/

Same Here: 2FAS. If you are into coding, you can also write your own: there are lots of libraries to do the cryptography for you.

The hardest part is to have your mail sent directly to your domain, skipping Google entirely. It’s such a painful process!

I started with a passive-aggressive strategy delaying replies to who still uses gmail: “apologies, I rarely use gmail these days…”