Your AI isn’t limited by intelligence. It’s limited by who owns your data

<div><figure><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/%24s_!bjO0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e166416-1126-413b-b1e4-02adf7df522c_1050x656.webp" rel="nofollow"><div><picture><source><img src="https://static.fwimg.io/img/feed/e526da0515c5c0fd8a6ac9284a39eafc.jpg" alt=""></source></picture><div><div><button></button><button></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I used to know these old school computer people who would keep harping on about why local first and private data is so awesome. To be frank, I just thought they were nerds finding problems for solutions.</p><p>However, with the rise of AI, things have shifted materially.</p><p>You see, your data right now is owned by various corporate overlords. Google for emails, Apple for digital life, Meta for social stuff. Now that’s usually not a bad thing since they give you a service. However in the age of AI these services restrict your data in very specific ways that make it hard for computers to get that data. </p><p>This is an issue because when you want your AI to be able to do things on your behalf in another service, it will have limits around what it can and can’t do. Many of these companies mask the problem by giving you access to their integrated AI solutions that make you feel productive and powerful inside their walled garden.</p><p>However, when you physically have all the data you care about on your hardware (either as files or in a locally run database), your AI has full access and context around what it needs. Couple this with the fact that open source models are becoming more and more capable, you have the power to have continuous digital intelligence working for you 24x7 at no additional cost (except electricity).</p><p>In contrast, those who have their data owned by external services will be at the mercy of their digital overlords and pay a heavy rent for their heavily marked up AI services.</p><p>The calculus for owning your own data has never been higher.</p><p>As an example, I now:</p><ul><li><p>Have systems running that scrape my own data from various services</p></li><li><p>Run local databases that let my own agents crawl through whenever they want however they want</p></li><li><p>Moved off Notion so my notes can be in Obsidian which can be used by Claude Code</p></li><li><p>Utilise old hardware running various services that can plug into the rich local ecosystem I’ve built up</p></li></ul><p>Every passing quarter I reduce my reliance on external software and data traps to increase the amount of compute I can personally harness.</p><p>All this to say, start working towards owning your own data because you’re going to need to for maximal leverage in the coming future.</p>

Don’t Let Big Tech Meter Your Intelligence

你的人工智慧并非受限于智能，而是受限于谁拥有你的数据。

<div><figure><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/%24s_!bjO0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e166416-1126-413b-b1e4-02adf7df522c_1050x656.webp" rel="nofollow"><div><picture><source><img src="https://static.fwimg.io/img/feed/e526da0515c5c0fd8a6ac9284a39eafc.jpg" alt=""></source></picture><div><div><button></button><button></button></div></div></div></figure></div><p>我以前认识一些老派的计算机人士，他们总是喋喋不休地讲本地优先和隐私数据有多么棒。坦白说，我当时只觉得他们是一群书呆子，只会找问题来解决问题。</p><p>然而，随着人工智能的兴起，情况发生了实质性的变化。</p><p>你看，你现在的数据掌握在不同的巨头企业手中。谷歌负责电子邮件，苹果负责数字生活，Meta负责社交。通常来说，这没什么不好，毕竟他们为你提供服务。然而，在人工智能时代，这些服务会以非常特殊的方式限制你的数据，使得计算机很难获取这些数据。</p><p>这是一个问题，因为当你想让AI代表你在其他服务中执行操作时，它的功能会受到限制。许多公司通过提供集成AI解决方案来掩盖这个问题，让你感觉在他们的封闭生态系统中高效且强大。</p><p>然而，当您将所有重要数据实际存储在硬件上（无论是文件还是本地数据库）时，您的人工智能就能完全访问所需信息并了解其上下文。再加上开源模型的功能日益强大，您就能拥有全天候不间断运行的数字智能，而且无需额外成本（电力除外）。</p><p>相比之下，那些将数据所有权交给外部服务商的用户，将受制于这些数字霸主，并为其高价人工智能服务支付高额租金。</p><p>拥有自己数据的重要性从未如此之高。</p><p>例如，我现在：</p><ul><li><p>运行一些系统，从各种服务中抓取我自己的数据。</p></li><li><p>运行本地数据库，让我的代理可以随时随地以任何方式访问这些数据库。</p></li><li><p>我已将笔记从 Notion 迁移到 Obsidian，这样 Claude Code 就可以使用 Obsidian 了。</p></li><li><p>利用运行各种服务的旧硬件，将其接入我构建的丰富的本地生态系统。</p></li></ul><p>每个季度我都会减少对外部软件和数据陷阱的依赖，以增加我个人可以利用的计算量。</p><p>总而言之，现在就开始努力掌握自己的数据吧，因为在未来，你需要这样做才能最大限度地发挥自身优势。</p>

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