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  1. I've long had the experience of running some general Web search, without explicitly using my identity or website(s) in search terms, and turning up Younger Me's posts on that topic.

    A few days ago I had the experience of asking a GPT a question, and having it cite as supporting evidence a two-week-old HN comment I'd written.

    Which was surprising in two ways. I wasn't aware that training data was that recent (and it's quite possible that instead the model was running a Web query itself using keywords and concepts from my question). As well as having myself thrown back at me.

    It's a small ... World Wide Web, I suppose.

    (Insert also observation that your queries do reveal a great deal about yourself, and are all but certainly a highly valuable bit of intel. AdTech is only one consumer of that...)

    #ai #gtp #search #IHaveMetTheSageOnTheMountainAndItIsMe #WhyHelloThere