I'm currently helping a family member who has been experiencing cognitive difficulties due to a stroke, possibly compounded by early signs of dementia. This situation requires handling a lot of paperwork that's both time-sensitive and confidential, and I've found myself overwhelmed by it all. I'm looking for recommendations on safe AI tools to upload this paperwork so I can create summaries, timelines, mind maps, and suggestions. I've been using Gemini AI and Notebooklm, but I'm concerned about privacy as I know Google uses the content uploaded for training its AIs. I want to ensure my family member's sensitive information remains private. I've thought about anonymizing the biodata, but with so many boxes of documents to go through, it seems like a daunting task. Has anyone faced a similar situation and found efficient shortcuts? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
3 Answers
One option is to consider running a local Large Language Model (LLM). This keeps everything on your own machine and away from the cloud, which should help with your privacy concerns. While it may seem a bit complicated, there are plenty of tutorials online that can guide you through the setup process. Give it a shot if you're up for it!
I suggest using your iPhone to take photos of the documents and convert them into PDFs with an app like TurboScan. You can then upload those PDFs to Google Docs to edit them. Although the formatting might get a little wonky, you can use the search-and-replace function to quickly anonymize sensitive details like names and SSNs. After that, you can upload each document into a ChatGPT project file—just keep in mind that each project can hold about 20 files. This method might save you some time and keep things organized!
I'm leaning towards making physical copies of everything and using white-out or a similar method to block out sensitive information before uploading anything to an AI. It sounds labor-intensive, but like you, I’m not completely comfortable trusting AI with personal data. Just a thought!
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