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