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OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? If that’s the opinion, may be good to reflect on how the models were trained. On millions upon millions of books which no authors were compensated for. But that’s besides the point, the whole initiative is self-defeating by design.…

>I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? We do and we don't. If you would go out there and talk to a random person about elliptic curves and matrix multiplications and whether you hit a performance ceiling in a specific 2x2 multiplication thingy with Karatsuba and wnaf,…

Is a dictionary intelligent?

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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post #18

A gambling, money laundering and Mafia paradise where journalists are killed for investigating the Mafia partners with OpenAI. A match made in heaven! Next, force an eyeball scan on the peasant population.

Eyball scans are already there on the border for other people. So are AI turrets shooting people on sight, just a different border

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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post #26

I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? If that’s the opinion, may be good to reflect on how the models were trained. On millions upon millions of books which no authors were compensated for. But that’s besides the point, the whole initiative is self-defeating by design.…

>I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? We do and we don't. If you would go out there and talk to a random person about elliptic curves and matrix multiplications and whether you hit a performance ceiling in a specific 2x2 multiplication thingy with Karatsuba and wnaf,…

> We do and we don't. If you would go out there and talk to a random person about elliptic curves and matrix multiplications and whether you hit a performance ceiling in a specific 2x2 multiplication thingy with Karatsuba and wnaf, they would not know half the words, but the lying and flattering machine will be able to hold the conversation.

Wikipedia has existed for decades...

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? If that’s the opinion, may be good to reflect on how the models were trained. On millions upon millions of books which no authors were compensated for. But that’s besides the point, the whole initiative is self-defeating by design.…

> I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? Your body also generates electricity and natural gas. Do you also get upset when energy companies claim to provide these services as a utility?

"Humans also produce farts" is a new low. Can the AI people be interned or moved to some seasteading libertarian hellhole so the rest of us can live a normal life?

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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post #31
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? We do and we don't. If you would go out there and talk to a random person about elliptic curves and matrix multiplications and whether you hit a performance ceiling in a specific 2x2 multiplication thingy with Karatsuba and wnaf,…

Is a dictionary intelligent?

These philosophical questions are decades if not older https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room And the answer is "depends on who you ask and how many capabilities it has"

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Facts for context: Malta has a population of only 550k. Everyone in Malta could already, before this deal/plan, and even without it now, use ChatGPT (or any other LLM model/service, whether free or premium.)

Citation needed. I haven't heard of this. I'm Maltese so feel free to be as detailed as needed.

They are saying that the product is already available then implying a government deal on behalf of all citizens doesn't matter because the product is already available.

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? If that’s the opinion, may be good to reflect on how the models were trained. On millions upon millions of books which no authors were compensated for. But that’s besides the point, the whole initiative is self-defeating by design.…

> providing intelligence as a utility

Lol, they are literally just promising to make people fungible. Tale as old as time.

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Would be interesting long term if this sways public opinion about data centers in Malta. I do support though AI literacy in general and this is a good step. Would wonder about the deal in how much this is actually costing Malta if at all.

OpenAI is inherently incentivized to sell as much LLM compute as possible, that is not neutral "AI literacy". You don't let tobacco companies make anti smoking education either.

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? We do and we don't. If you would go out there and talk to a random person about elliptic curves and matrix multiplications and whether you hit a performance ceiling in a specific 2x2 multiplication thingy with Karatsuba and wnaf,…

> We do and we don't. If you would go out there and talk to a random person about elliptic curves and matrix multiplications and whether you hit a performance ceiling in a specific 2x2 multiplication thingy with Karatsuba and wnaf, they would not know half the words, but the lying and flattering machine will be able to hold the conversation. Wikipedia has existed for decades...

You can't talk to wikipedia either, but it exists and is helpful, yes.
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