> I’m deeply confused by the people who signed the open letter, even though they continue to downplay or even ridicule GPT’s abilities, as well as the “sensati

> I’m deeply confused by the people who signed the open letter, even though they continue to downplay or even ridicule GPT’s abilities, as well as the “sensationalist” predictions of an AI apocalypse. This is not an inconsistent position. GPT is ridiculable because it makes up things out of the blue. It does this A LOT, across EVERY domain. It's also dangerous when people BELIEVE the things it makes up out of the blue. This actually happens. People are worried about the harms of disinformation and bias, not the necessarily the harms of superintelligent AI taking over the world. Honestly, the Yudovsky stuff is a perfect distraction from that. It's a clever marketing strategy that obscures the real issues. --- I'm a big fan of Aaronson in general, but I don't see what's so hard to understand here. (FWIW I also recently read his take on SBF, which was pretty bad. He mostly assumed SBF was well intentioned, although he made a small update afterward. That seems to defy common sense.) Though I get his larger point that the moratorium itself has problems, and is a bit weird.