Re:OpenAI illegally barred staff from airing safety risks, w...
by krapp on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @03:32PM
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>To quote Colbert, reality has a known liberal bias.
That quote has a specific context (parodying the George W. Bush administrations' spin on negative press coverage) that doesn't necessarily apply as a general axiom, or to the internet.
Bear in mind that numerous negative biases already manifest regularly in LLMs[0,1], and AIs have shown a tendency to "go full Nazi" when left alone on the internet[2]. And then there are weird outliers like LLMs "encouraging" people to commit suicide[3] or an AI-driven microwave "attempts" to kill someone[4].
That quote has a specific context (parodying the George W. Bush administrations' spin on negative press coverage) that doesn't necessarily apply as a general axiom, or to the internet.
Bear in mind that numerous negative biases already manifest regularly in LLMs[0,1], and AIs have shown a tendency to "go full Nazi" when left alone on the internet[2]. And then there are weird outliers like LLMs "encouraging" people to commit suicide[3] or an AI-driven microwave "attempts" to kill someone[4].
[0]https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/11/1089683/llms-bec...
[1]https://archive.is/hhZ4C
[2]https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297050/tay-microsoft-ch...
[3]https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/03/31/man-ends-his-life-a...
[4]https://www.newsweek.com/lucas-rizzotto-youtuber-microwave-a...