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GPT could centralise power online like nothing we've seen

8 points by nottrobin 4y ago

michaericalribo 4y ago
This 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.
- anononaut 4y ago
  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?
- vineyardmike 4y ago
  > 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.
ewqfewcwe 4y ago
That's a feature, not a bug. Microsoft have positioned themselves very well to own the entire stack of PC-like software development and operation.
- nottrobin 4y ago
  Yep
snorkel 4y ago
ChatGPT 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.
- nottrobin 4y ago
  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.
- _boffin_ 4y ago
  Nah… it’s changing my life in too many ways to count. It’s all about how you use it.
- kerpotgh 4y ago
  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.

8 points by nottrobin 4y ago

This 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.

anononaut 4y ago
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?
vineyardmike 4y ago
> 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.

ewqfewcwe 4y ago

That's a feature, not a bug. Microsoft have positioned themselves very well to own the entire stack of PC-like software development and operation.

nottrobin 4y ago
Yep

snorkel 4y ago

ChatGPT 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.

nottrobin 4y ago
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.
_boffin_ 4y ago
Nah… it’s changing my life in too many ways to count. It’s all about how you use it.
kerpotgh 4y ago
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.