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Re:OpenGPT-2: We Replicated GPT-2 Because You Can Too by derefr on Friday August 23, 2019 @03:31PM (#20781647)
> asserting that essentially they had built a mind control device. But of course which didn't work on themselves, only on lesser minds

More like asserting that they had built a nuclear reactor, which someone else could easily turn into a nuclear bomb. They haven't turned it into a nuclear bomb themselves, so the fact that they haven't been blown up by it doesn't require any special justification.

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Re:OpenGPT-2: We Replicated GPT-2 Because You Can Too by Judgmentality on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:08PM (#20782592)
My real issue is they started as a non-profit supposedly developing AI for the benefit of humanity, then quickly became a for-profit with technology so dangerous only they are allowed to wield it.

If they just said "we are developing AI because AI is awesome" I would have a lot more respect for them than I currently do. I wish they would at least change their name.

As it stands, it's hard for me to see their release process as truly an experiment and not as just a clever marketing ploy - because people are talking about them a lot more now than before.

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