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Re:Advancements in machine learning for machine learning by dindobre on Saturday December 16, 2023 @05:08AM (#38663134)
The LaMDA is sentient guy gave me the impression of being a bit nuts. I'm sure google would show their weight and out-compete openai if they could. We all know all this "AI safety" is for show, right?
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Re:Advancements in machine learning for machine learning by staunton on Saturday December 16, 2023 @05:48AM (#38663314)
> We all know all this "AI safety" is for show, right?

No. A lot of people think it really matters

A lot of other people pretend to care about it because it also enables stifling the competition and attempting regulatory capture. But it's not all of them.

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Re:Advancements in machine learning for machine learning by snewman on Saturday December 16, 2023 @11:25AM (#38665415)
I'm personally devoting my career to AI safety, on a volunteer basis, because I think it's is legitimately of high importance. (See my blog, e.g. https://amistrongeryet.substack.com/p/implications-of-agi, if you want to understand where I'm coming from.)

What makes you think it is for show?

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Re:Advancements in machine learning for machine learning by y04nn on Saturday December 16, 2023 @01:19PM (#38666481)
No, it's for brand safety and reputation. In 2016 Microsoft released Tay [1] without or lacking guards and it ended up being a failure and hurter the Microsoft brand.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(chatbot)

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