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NanoGPT: Overlord Intermediary

Episode 173 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – NanoGPT: Overlord Intermediary

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Milan Dereede of NanoGPT. The website allows you to access hundreds of popular AI services without creating an account, with an affordable pay-per-prompt service, and with some privacy benefits. Milan explains the details of the service as well as giving some reflections on practical AI use from a hardcore user.

GUEST

  • → https://nano-gpt.com/

  • → https://x.com/milan_dereede

WATCHMAN PRIVACY

  • → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting)

  • → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy

  • → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

CRYPTO DONATIONS

  • →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero)

  • →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

TIMELINE

  • 00:00 – Introduction

  • 2:45 – Origins of NanoGPT

  • 4:50 – Benefits of NanoGPT

  • 8:42 – Pay-per-prompt system

  • 11:30 – Are the expensive models that great?

  • 13:30 – Any models you don’t have?

  • 15:00 – Ownership while using NanoGPT

  • 16:40 – NanoGPT privacy policy

  • 19:15 – Account vs non-account

  • 21:30 – Missing features of AI services in NanoGPT

  • 25:05 – Overall privacy abuses by AI companies

  • 26:55 – Needle in a haystack privacy

  • 29:00 – Best coding model

  • 31:30 – Cultural differences in AI models

  • 33:50 – AI censorship

  • 38:00 – Favorite text and image models

  • 40:30 – API abuse

  • 42:35 – Video model issues

  • 44:45 – Encrypted sync (in the works)

  • 46:00 – Thoughts on private accounts

  • 49:00 – Nano cryptocurrency

  • 50:55 – Models offline by default

  • 52:40 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio