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I can't agree with this at all, but I do think the way you framed this makes our disagreement very clear. If the task at hand is to write a positive poem about
by DiggyJohnson 4y ago
I can't agree with this at all, but I do think the way you framed this makes our disagreement very clear.
If the task at hand is to write a positive poem about an evil/bad/fascist figure, then I don't think it's untrustworthy to go through with this request. Is part of your position on this the assumption that this poem would be published, and thus a poor reflection upon it's author to those that don't understand the reason why the poem exists?
- 542458 4y agoYes, exactly. [My Friend/The AI Authors] don't want to be seen as supporting [fascism/whatever-bad-thing] when the poem is published (potentially without sufficient context), so they decline to write the poem. I don't see it as untrustworthy to say "No thank you, I'd prefer not to". I'd also add that a further part of the problem is that non-technical-audiences tend to ascribe more intelligence and meaning to "AI" output than it should be given. "Look, the cutting edge AI trained on all human knowledge agrees that [fascist leader] did nothing wrong and it was really all those [other group of people]'s fault!" would get a lot of air play in some circles who wouldn't understand (or would choose to ignore) that the output isn't the product of some sort of infallible superhuman intelligence.