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Google and others had similar products which were never released. No wonder why. There are literally billions of people that can be empowered by these tools. I
by afpx 3y ago
Google and others had similar products which were never released. No wonder why.
There are literally billions of people that can be empowered by these tools. Imagine what will result when the tens of thousands of “one in a million” intellects are given access to knowledge that only the richest people have had. Rich incumbents have reason to be worried.
The dangers of tools like these are overblown. It was already possible for smart actors to inflict massive damage (mass poisoning, infrastructure attacks, etc). There are so many ways for a person to cause damage, and you know what? Few people do it. Most Humans stay in their lane and instead choose to create things.
The real thing people in power are worried about is competition. They want their monopoly on power.
I’m really optimistic of legislation like Japan’s that allows training of LLM on copyrighted material. Looking for great things from them. I hope!
- nradov 3y agoThose LLM tools are great as productivity enhancers but they don't really provide access to additional knowledge.
- afpx 3y agoI can’t see how that perspective holds. I’ve learned a ton already. Right now, I’m learning algebraic topology. And, I’m in my 50s with a 1 in 20 intellect. Sure, sometimes it leads me astray but generally it keeps course.
- pixl97 3y agoWhat does that mean exactly? In theory with the internet I have access to most of the data humanity created. But that's not much different than throwing me on a raft in the middle of the ocean and going 'here, all the water you want. Especially with search just getting so crappy and seo spam filled. It's something I can use to refine the knowledge I have by helping to focus the torrent.
- dontupvoteme 3y agoGoogle probably held back because a good searchbot cannibalizes their search (which is constantly getting worse and worse for years now..)
- PeterisP 3y agoI often used google to search for technical things from documentation sites - and what I've found out is that ChatGPT provides better answers than the official documentation for most tools. So it's not about a searchbot doing better search for the sources, it's about a "knowledgebot" providing a summary of knowledge that is better than the original sources.