GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
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GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
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Re: GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
#2This raises huge red flags for privacy. Presumably OpenAI keeps full logs of every interaction with ChatGPT / GPT-3, but this isn't self-evident when you're using them. And it feels intimate--it feels like you're talking to a person--and that builds trust. To say nothing of applications like therapy, or personal coaching...
This makes me feel that open-source LLMs that can be estimated efficiently, and run on local hardware, is an urgent need. Otherwise we will live in a cyberpunk dystopia with a centralized company that knows everything about you.
Re: GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
#3That's a feature, not a bug.
Microsoft have positioned themselves very well to own the entire stack of PC-like software development and operation.
Re: GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
#4This raises huge red flags for privacy. Presumably OpenAI keeps full logs of every interaction with ChatGPT / GPT-3, but this isn't self-evident when you're using them. And it feels intimate--it feels like you're talking to a person--and that builds trust. To say nothing of applications like therapy, or personal coaching... This makes me feel that open-source LLMs that can be estimated efficiently, and run on local h…
I couldn't agree more, but I feel so defeated with the already egregious violations of privacy that pervade bleeding edge and big tech companies. What's there to be done?
Re: GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
#5This raises huge red flags for privacy. Presumably OpenAI keeps full logs of every interaction with ChatGPT / GPT-3, but this isn't self-evident when you're using them. And it feels intimate--it feels like you're talking to a person--and that builds trust. To say nothing of applications like therapy, or personal coaching... This makes me feel that open-source LLMs that can be estimated efficiently, and run on local h…
> that builds trust. To say nothing of applications like therapy, or personal coaching...
I hope (naively?) that we never have a world with actual LLM therapy.
> open-source LLMs that can be estimated efficiently, and run on local hardware, is an urgent need
It’s really quite expensive otherwise, but considering Alexa et al aren’t truly on device yet, and LLM are much more complex… it’ll be a while.
Re: GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
#6ChatGPT is cool and all, but this breathless hype is starting to feel like “blockchain will take over everything” hype from a few years back. Shiny new toy hype.
Re: GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
#7ChatGPT is cool and all, but this breathless hype is starting to feel like “blockchain will take over everything” hype from a few years back. Shiny new toy hype.
Nah… it’s changing my life in too many ways to count. It’s all about how you use it.
Re: GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
#8ChatGPT is cool and all, but this breathless hype is starting to feel like “blockchain will take over everything” hype from a few years back. Shiny new toy hype.
This has so many uses in everything I do everyday. I use it so much already I think I might be developing a dependence. That’s the sign, at least anecdotally, that the hype is warranted.
Re: GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
#9That's a feature, not a bug. Microsoft have positioned themselves very well to own the entire stack of PC-like software development and operation.
Yep
Re: GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen
#10ChatGPT is cool and all, but this breathless hype is starting to feel like “blockchain will take over everything” hype from a few years back. Shiny new toy hype.
I try to be skeptical about new tech. But I honestly don't see GPT anything like Blockchain. Blockchain was always opposed by the establishment, it was a scrappy hacker thing trying to disrupt traditional finance. By contrast, GPT is born of the monopolies, and it has such immediately obvious applications.