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I see 3 options. 1. The senators have no clue. 2. They support monopolies (or at least oligopolies). That's not compatible with US legislation, is it. 3. LLM

I see 3 options. 1. The senators have no clue. 2. They support monopolies (or at least oligopolies). That's not compatible with US legislation, is it. 3. LLMs are dangerous like atomic weapons and all proliferation needs to be universally banned.

bioemerl 3y ago
3 is not likely as llama currently can't remember more than 2000 characters. I don't doubt they may think it's the case, but as dangerous as nukes would be a wild overstatement.
constantcrying 3y ago
>That's not compatible with US legislation, is it. Lmao. The trick is to have enormous legal bariers for entry, which is also what OpenAI seems to advocate for.
dandellion 3y ago
Might not be compatible with US legislation but it's the most compatible with lining their own pockets.
RobotToaster 3y ago
>That's not compatible with US legislation, is it. Maybe not de jure, but it sure seems it de facto is.
snapcaster 3y ago
politicians tend to like monopolies as a subset of liking centralized control over things. This means they just need to get 10 people in the room to control entire industries
abeppu 3y ago
I'm guessing at least (1) is true. Blumenthal is the senator who thought "finsta" was a product that Meta offered. Hawley in hearings has tried to get Meta to commit to not use the contents of encrypted messages for ad-targeting, apparently unaware that those contents were not readable. Being for years on a committee responsible for technology has not pushed them to develop an understanding of the domain.
dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago
4. The AI panic is at full force and the government thinks we need to regulate a glorified chatbot because to the average person and a surprising number of credulous techies said chatbot is somehow actual AI. At this rate there will be no AI because it will be smothered in the cradle by governments and large corporations who will stop any possible free thinking individual who might produce the next breakthrough, lest they use this "dangerous" technology to usurp the former's power or the latter's profits.
DenisM 3y ago
4. Senators are trying to find out if LLMs are dangerous like nuclear weapons or not. Hence an inquiry and not a law or a lawsuit.

bioemerl 3y ago

3 is not likely as llama currently can't remember more than 2000 characters. I don't doubt they may think it's the case, but as dangerous as nukes would be a wild overstatement.

constantcrying 3y ago

>That's not compatible with US legislation, is it. Lmao. The trick is to have enormous legal bariers for entry, which is also what OpenAI seems to advocate for.

dandellion 3y ago

Might not be compatible with US legislation but it's the most compatible with lining their own pockets.

RobotToaster 3y ago

>That's not compatible with US legislation, is it. Maybe not de jure, but it sure seems it de facto is.

snapcaster 3y ago

politicians tend to like monopolies as a subset of liking centralized control over things. This means they just need to get 10 people in the room to control entire industries

abeppu 3y ago

I'm guessing at least (1) is true. Blumenthal is the senator who thought "finsta" was a product that Meta offered. Hawley in hearings has tried to get Meta to commit to not use the contents of encrypted messages for ad-targeting, apparently unaware that those contents were not readable. Being for years on a committee responsible for technology has not pushed them to develop an understanding of the domain.

dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago

4. The AI panic is at full force and the government thinks we need to regulate a glorified chatbot because to the average person and a surprising number of credulous techies said chatbot is somehow actual AI. At this rate there will be no AI because it will be smothered in the cradle by governments and large corporations who will stop any possible free thinking individual who might produce the next breakthrough, lest they use this "dangerous" technology to usurp the former's power or the latter's profits.

DenisM 3y ago

4. Senators are trying to find out if LLMs are dangerous like nuclear weapons or not. Hence an inquiry and not a law or a lawsuit.