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A podcast I was listening to suggested that you ask what your commonly used AI tools can tell you about yourself. This suggestion was made in the context of a discussion of AI security, but to me it seemed something interesting to try. From time to time, I search for my name using a search engine just to see what I could find and this always seemed to turn up something unexpected, but it had not occurred to me to try the same thing with AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I use a ChatLLM<\/a> from Abacus.AI<\/a>, which is a bit less expensive than the $20 per month tools, but it offers the opportunity to apply multiple AI services, which seemed like an interesting way to experiment with this task (see the following image). I used Claude for this example. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I used this prompt: What do you know about the Mark Grabe living in Minnesota?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t have access to private or comprehensive background files on individuals, but I can share what\u2019s publicly visible online for someone named \u201cMark Grabe\u201d who appears to be associated with Minnesota and let you infer if that\u2019s the person you mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From public sources, there is a:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Retired academic \/ educational technologist<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Several profiles and sites point to a retired academic<\/strong> named Mark Grabe<\/strong>, described as an educational psychologist<\/em> and educational technologist<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n