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Alternatively, stop assuming that it is our job as technologists to parent the rest of society. We have laws and politicians for that. It's not my job to figure
by nexuist 5y ago
Alternatively, stop assuming that it is our job as technologists to parent the rest of society. We have laws and politicians for that. It's not my job to figure out the eighth order effects of publishing something on GitHub.
- imaginary_unit 5y agoI don't think it's that black and white. Sure, you are not responsible for everything that happens with technology you created. But I do think that considering the consequences of ones actions can be very valuable to the public and oneself.
- nexuist 5y agoI for sure agree with this, but why should OpenAI be the judge and jury for what is and isn't acceptable with this model?
- webmaven 5y ago> It's not my job to figure out the eighth order effects of publishing something on GitHub. That's an argumentum ad absurdum. Would you say it is your job to figure out the 4th order effects? 3rd? 2nd? 1st? Where do you think the job of technologists should end?
- nexuist 5y agoI think that technologists and lawmakers have very different jobs in society and the goal of advancing technology implicitly furthers the ability for mankind to commit atrocities. Every benefit we bring into the world can also be used to kill people. It's not our specialty to decide what is or isn't acceptable; in a democratic republic it is up to the politicians and their voters to determine that. I just think that self censorship is shooting yourself in the foot, since someone somewhere else will eventually release their own GPT-3, and don't you want your society to have already experienced and dealt with it before theirs has? Rather than hiding the problem, we should face it head on and solve it.