We don’t have a solid understanding of what it means to be intelligent, and despite the advances with LLMs, have yet to produce anything close to general cognit

We don’t have a solid understanding of what it means to be intelligent, and despite the advances with LLMs, have yet to produce anything close to general cognition. I wouldn’t say dangerous AI is out of the realm of possibilities, only that we are far from a point technologically where it makes sense to have the discussion. It would be like speculating about the dangers of nuclear energy before discovering the atom. Our current models do not pose an existential threat to humanity. Period. And yet here we are, discussing the merits of banning open source LLMs. Language modeling is genuinely useful. I’m worried that the AI hysteria will push us toward a future where the best models are needlessly regulated and controlled by corporations.