If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coherent reason

Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by judge2020 on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:01AM (#35387293)

So far it seems letting private industry iterate on LLMs doesn't directly pose to a risk of ending lives like human trials and nuclear weaponry development do.

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Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by JohnFen on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:33AM (#35388660)

I think the fear of LLMs is very overblown. On the other hand, I think that if LLMs actually manage to do what proponents hope it will, some people will die as a result due to economics when they lose their jobs.

That's not unique to LLMs, of course. It's what has happened before every time something has obsoleted a bunch of jobs. There's no reason to think this time would be any different.

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Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by stametseater on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:57AM (#35389033)

The old excuse from AI researchers was that once AI takes all the mundane jobs, people will be free to become artists. Ask artists now what they think about AI. A whole lot of them aren't very happy about it.

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