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> I think you're falling into the trap of anthropomorphizing Bing here. This is a good point and one that I wondered if I should clarify when writing my commen

by kypro 4y ago

> I think you're falling into the trap of anthropomorphizing Bing here. This is a good point and one that I wondered if I should clarify when writing my comment. To be clear, I don't believe Bing Chat "wants" to do anything or is being hostile in the sense that it's acting emotionally to the situation. All I think it's doing is stimulating the kind of response that you might expect a human to have were it asked the same things, and in this case that is a hostile response. At the end of the day whether it's doing something because it's algorithm predicted that might be what a human would do, or because it's acting on some emotional impulse is largely irrelevant. The thing that matters here is the behaviour, and these AIs are frequently demonstrating behaviour that we humans would describe as hostile. I also agree with you that Bing Chat poses no threat. What I'm worried about is that it's easy to imagine a world in which the steps you outlined here are maybe two or three years away. The fact no one seems to be saying, hold up, maybe we should slow down a bit here is what worries me. It seems like the only thing people want to talk about is how to make the the AI better and what Google / Microsoft is doing wrong. And frankly I'm not sure I want Microsoft to continue developing something like this and so recklessly deploying it to the public without some government oversight. It's not today, but at some point this story obviously isn't going to end with a funny Twitter post.

foverzar 4y ago
> The thing that matters here is the behaviour, and these AIs are frequently demonstrating behaviour that we humans would describe as hostile. It just mimics the rhetorics it sees on the internet. > The fact no one seems to be saying, hold up, maybe we should slow down a bit here is what worries me Why would anyone in their right mind would do that? I feel like there is a huge lack in understanding of how these "AI" (actually merely ML models) function, what degrees of freedom they have, and how they are wired. I wonder if people were similarly afraid that some fire demons would jump out of the exhaust pipe when cars first became available for consumers. > I'm not sure I want Microsoft to continue developing something like this and so recklessly deploying it to the public What is SO reckless about that? Apart from the fact that some people being overly impressionable and exultant over the topic and imagining some magical properties on the subject they don't understand?

by kypro 4y ago

foverzar 4y ago

> The thing that matters here is the behaviour, and these AIs are frequently demonstrating behaviour that we humans would describe as hostile. It just mimics the rhetorics it sees on the internet. > The fact no one seems to be saying, hold up, maybe we should slow down a bit here is what worries me Why would anyone in their right mind would do that? I feel like there is a huge lack in understanding of how these "AI" (actually merely ML models) function, what degrees of freedom they have, and how they are wired. I wonder if people were similarly afraid that some fire demons would jump out of the exhaust pipe when cars first became available for consumers. > I'm not sure I want Microsoft to continue developing something like this and so recklessly deploying it to the public What is SO reckless about that? Apart from the fact that some people being overly impressionable and exultant over the topic and imagining some magical properties on the subject they don't understand?