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Re: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead

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It’s been intentional for a while and serves multiple purposes Promotion: “the thing we’re working on is so powerful it’s actually dangerous” Restrict who can compete: “the model is too dangerous to release, here’s how you make it but no you have to train it yourself for X millions cost in compute time” Vendor lock-in: “the thing we’re working on is so dangerous we can’t let it off our servers, so you must use our se…

My youngest child knew the other two could catch-up to him when being chased, so he "threw" stuff in their path and closed doors to slow the others down and stay ahead. Houdini famously started a rumor that he had a natural ability to dislocate his shoulder to discourage competitors. AI corporate moves are obviously littering the path for healthy competition and trying to convince others that the resources required a…

I see it the same way. These companies are just building moat by using concerns as excuse.
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