An AI personal assistant needs your intimate context — so it must be private
sebkrier · x · 2026-11-15
komorama lays out a simple chain of reasoning: people will obviously use AI as a personal assistant, doing that job well requires all of your intimate context, and therefore it must be private. sebkrier shares it in agreement.
It's a compact articulation of the core tension in personal AI products: capability and privacy are inherently linked, making privacy a prerequisite rather than a feature.
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