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Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter

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Re: Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter

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Post by kajaktum »

dougmwne wrote: post #3

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So do you agree that nations should be able to freely develop/discover nuclear production?

Edit: We actually don't want people to develop something "too good". There are some things in the past century that have been "too good". Plastics are too good. So are nuclear weapons. Completely powerful AIs and machines that can displace jobs of millions of people are too good. If there's an AI tomorrow that can replace every single physical job out there, what do you think will happen? Riot and chaos in the street after about 1-2 years.

Edit2: People will always go back to "we will just create different jobs". But do you really think that everyone is capable of skilled job? Remember, no physical jobs anymore.

Re: Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter

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Post by Fauntleroy »

ChatGTP wrote: post #11
dougmwne wrote: post #3

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Everything is out in the open now. The methods, the algorithms, heck even powerful base model weights from Meta. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is clearly visible for all. The capabilities are emerging. The race is on. It’s not going to stop till there’s a winner. You laugh but I think your view is flawed because your belief is, “we have to create an AGI because everyone else will if we don’t” The definiti…

Please ask ChatGPT about how to gain consensus from the entire world

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Post by AlbertCory »

riku_iki wrote: post #9
hot_gril wrote: post #4

Big red font at top says "EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY MARCH 29 00:01 AM EDT. No media coverage & no online linking." I'm sorry but who do these people think they are? Next...

They have 900 signatures already..

I think it was one of the anti-Google open letters where I added a fake name, and they dutifully kept it on their list. Let's all add one.

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Post by floren »

shamino wrote: post #6
dougmwne wrote: post #3

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I mean, yeah, same thought after seeing the signatories. What are some of the cliches being used around here ? Toothpaste is out of the tub? Arrow has left the bow. The dye is cast. The ship has sailed. (Thanks ChatGPT).

If ChatGPT told you "the dye is cast", there's hope after all, because it's die, not dye.

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Post by helloworld »

shamino wrote: post #6
dougmwne wrote: post #3

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I mean, yeah, same thought after seeing the signatories. What are some of the cliches being used around here ? Toothpaste is out of the tub? Arrow has left the bow. The dye is cast. The ship has sailed. (Thanks ChatGPT).

The genie is out of the bottle. [1]

[1] No AI was involved in the creation of this reply. ;-)

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Post by wsgeorge »

gedy wrote: post #13

Maybe a strange take, but one silver lining to this is AI models can at least capture the essence of human culture and arts in a fairly compact format. Might be a good "backup" of sorts if the world falls apart.

This is such an interesting use case. Rather can compressing existing information, LLMs "model" it, so they can recreate what they've learned. For all Elon's concerns, these might be a great way of seeding the universe with human knowledge, one planetary colony at a time...

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Post by brucethemoose2 »

jakeinspace wrote: post #15
brucethemoose2 wrote: post #5

"Please stop training these AI" is almost comical, even if they are right and the signers are significant. It would be far more effective to lobby for legislation on, say, liability related to the use of AI, data privacy (especially when it comes to training datasets), psycological manipulation, actual AGI research bounds and so on. They are just burning donator money with messages like that, and the research is not…

Sure, or start covertly threatening the lives of AI researchers, if you’re that convinced it’s going to end humanity.

TBH that would just give Big Tech an edge since their research is more "underground."

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Post by BobbyJo »

jacobcammack8 wrote: post #14
dougmwne wrote: post #3

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We’re dealing with all the dynamics of a not only the superorganism of humanity, but of the the biological reality of the earth as whatever it is in the soil of the stars. It is indeed about to get very interesting. All the ingredients of emergence are quite rich these days.

I'm historically a party pooper when it comes to new tech, but LLMs give me that anxious feeling in my gut that the world is about to change drastically. I feel privileged to be alive, and hope I live to see where things get ten, twenty, or thirty years from now.
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