Why smart people are deleting ChatGPT
Yes, I'm one of them...
This summer I deleted like almost everything.
Instagram. Facebook. Threads. Reddit. TikTok. Gmail & G-Suite…
Annnnd yes, all the popular AI tools.
Notion. Perplexity and ChatGPT!!
(the list of things I deleted is too long to list here… but yes, I did leave a blank LinkedIn & Twitter account…. Annnnd this Substack too. Still gotta eat and yes that answers the voice in your head that said But Luke I’m not rich yet I can’t do this cz I don’t have enough money… You can and you do, but will you?)
I decided the front facing personal branding influencer life wasn’t for me. So naturally my content, photos and well the majority of accounts had to go. Once I started, the rabbithole got big and well dark. I dove into public vs private AI, cybersecurity and if it was possible to build a remote business without plastering my sexy face everywhere….
(jury is still out there tbh….)
But of all the things I deleted, I think ChatGPT was without a doubt the most important to exit.
SO what you say? ChatGPT is my friend. Why should I care what u did Luke?
Well… You don’t have to care. But if your curious read a little more before you scroll to the next how to get rich writing on substack expert….
See I spent the last 10 years building on social media.
Yep, way back in 2016 I branched out into the online world and began making money remotely. I quit construction and traveled the world with my partner. From Instagram influencing to social media managing to photoshootin and selfie capturing to ghostwriting to AI writing… I wore a billion hats over that decade.
As time went on I realized I much preferred the hidden work.
SEO. Writing. Data. AI. Lead Magnets. Email flows… Anything nerdy, technical and involving computers and not humans.
So much so that I decided AI was for me and was the only way to avoid scaling a meaningful business with humans.
Anywhoodles I won’t bore you with stories of social media bans, pizza giveaways, blonde selfies and van adventures… (my storytelling days are retired for now)..
But I want to talk a little bit bout where I landed with AI.
And what I’ll be writing about when I crawl out of the shadows for this newsletter.
See as I began deleting all of my online work and accounts I realized that once again it’s the hackers and the nerds that are going to rule the next decade.
The dorks building their own private servers.
The nerds building their own custom private AI bots.
The ones that know the system inside and out and beat it fair and square.
Public AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity may be leading the race right now… But more and more users are realizing that these tools are in fact FAR WORSE FOR YOUR PRIVACY THAN GOOGLE EVER WAS.
Both launched browsers that arguably steal more of your data than Chrome.
ChatGPT has introduced an app store as well as shopping features…
Oh and by the way, every search you’ve ever done on GPT is available for them to use to retarget you with ads and in some cases are available to government authorities.
Perplexity is no better. Their new browser Comet is a huge security risk and I’m not going to bother going into detail in this newsletter but feel free to do a quick search to find out for yourself.
Most humans are going to continue using ChatGPT, Google, Microsoft and Apple. They are happy to trade speed and convenience for privacy.
I refuse to do that.
See I’ve always been a rebel.
There isn’t a system out there that I don’t believe I can outsmart and beat… Social media and AI is just another system.
So I’ve been exploring alternative Private AI tools, learning cloud security and local AI and exiting big tech while finding alternatives. I still believe in AI but I’m not willing to give up my privacy and security in exchange for easy mode. Sooooo I’m cooking up some new things in the shadows and enjoying rebuilding from 0.
Anywhoodles….
If any of this interests you and you want to join the smart people and start cleaning up your online trail well…. feel free to follow along the next phase of my online journey.
If not, well you know what comes next….
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(preferably someone posting hot selfies cz why not go all in)
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