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currentscurrents OP t1_j7m04ot wrote

Meh, I think the safety concerns are overblown. It's really more of bad PR for Microsoft than an actual threat.

You can already find out how to make drugs, build a bomb, etc from the internet. The Anarchist Cookbook has been well-known for decades and you can find a pdf with a simple google search.

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MrEloi t1_j7mmfgp wrote

... and then the FBI drops by for a chat ...

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VelveteenAmbush t1_j7pxngk wrote

Yes, 100% agree. This "can we coerce the model into saying something bad" is just a game that journalists play to catastrophize new technology and juice their engagement metrics. There's bad stuff on the internet, too, and you can find it with search engines. We still use search engines because they're incredibly useful.

The embarrassing part is that Google was so afraid of these BS stories that they kept LaMDA stuck in a warehouse for over two years while OpenAI and Microsoft lapped them.

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[deleted] t1_j7sbhu7 wrote

What we DONT need is a censored chatgpt. Maybe if it had sliders or parental controls like a normal search engine. But there shouldn’t be a universal censorship like what they’re trying to do right now.

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