How can I turn off all AI features
I noticed in the latest update Logos introduces AI search. While this may be appealing to some I would like to ensure none of my content stored on Logos' server such as notes, bookmarks, search history, navigation history, etc, etc is ever indexed or accessed by ANY AI algorithm or non-AI service that is hosted outside of Logos servers. While I may place some degree of trust in Logos, I do not have at the moment any trust in algorithms or data aggregators that Logos is using to provide those services.
Is there a setting that allows any user not wishing their data accessed or exposed in that manner to be turned off globally?
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No, there is no global switch for AI. But there may be a misunderstanding. The All search and the Book search already had AI assistance. The v40 release merely extended it to the Bible search. There is no reason to believe that any of the data you mentioned is being shared for AI purposes nor is there any reason to believe that Logos shares any personal identifying information in support of AI. I agree that if any of that data were being shared, there should be a global turnoff switch. But I see no reason to think AI would have any use for any of it nor would Logos break their personal data contract with us in such a reckless manner.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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From https://www.logos.com/grow/ai-and-bible-study/:
4. We take privacy and security seriously
Some of our tools allow users to send private documents or copyrighted content to AI services. We only send the specific content the user requests. We never use this data to train AI, nor do we allow any of our technology partners to do so. We require our technology partners to use this data only for the purposes of our tool and not to retain it longer than is needed for that purpose.
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Interesting post, Andel. Early in the days of Logos4, Faithlife (Logos at the time) was insistent on taking your notes, etc, even putting verbage in the user agreement. And indeed they started riffling thru some, for feature-development. Community highlighting, product advertising, etc. Publicly anonymous, though company available for review. They said, if it's sensitive, it shouldn't be in Logos.
You can safely assume, if they see a new neato feature using your notes and AI, it'll be developed with considerable apologetics. And it's not hard to imagine … Amazon already offers that feature, though the user can control it.
Thru the years, Russ (another user) has advocated scrambling the user-data moved up to the Logos servers … without success. User activity is a valuable resource to companies.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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…User activity is a valuable resource to companies.
That's true. I do think there's a subtle difference between user activity in the sense of what sites I visit and what searches I make and user generated content that I produce (e.g., notes, comments, draft articles, lessons, sermons, etc.). In the second case, that content would seem to me to be the user's intellectual property, unless a) it's truly de-minimis, such as a bookmark or highlighted sentence, or b) the user has explicitly waived ownership rights to it.
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