falafels (u/falafels)

falafels commented on The Anthropic Economic Index anthropic.com/news/the-an... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

ryao · a year ago

Their promise not to train on the conversations seemed to imply that conversations were private. It is disconcerting that they were not. The extent to which you need to look for loopholes in privacy guarantees these days is amazing.

falafels · a year ago

I listened to an interview a while back with the researchers did this analysis. They developed privacy-preserving techniques, avoiding having to read user conversations directly.

This is Anthropic we're talking about, they're rightly recognized as the 'ethical' AI company.

falafels commented on Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods plasticlist.org/report... · Posted by u/jeff18

falafels · a year ago

So, how about a startup for baby food / prenatals that shows transparent, third party testing for plastic compounds and heavy metals? I'm serious, would love to do this.

falafels commented on Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods plasticlist.org/report... · Posted by u/jeff18

devindotcom · a year ago

Looking forward to more testing like this. I've been trying to consciously avoid anything combining "hot" with "plastic" though there's only so much you can do.

Fish are aggregators of this stuff so that's not surprising. Spam and other processed meats and prepared foods also not too surprising (though what's with the Annie's organic mac and cheese being so full of it? Maybe it's the sauce?)... I think the tap water was the scariest one to me. Sure, you expect some but ... wildly unsafe levels?!

falafels · a year ago

> Fish are aggregators of this stuff so that's not surprising.

I doubt the BPA in fish originates from the fish themselves. It's more likely from the can linings used to package the fish.