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> reducing bias in the models is a noble goal It's also a necessary goal in order for these models to be more broadly adopted. We've seen too many examples of
by threeseed 3y ago
> reducing bias in the models is a noble goal
It's also a necessary goal in order for these models to be more broadly adopted.
We've seen too many examples of bias in the training data set manifesting in ways that actively discriminate against people. Which is unethical and in many places illegal.
And having copyrighted material and sexual content in your model will simply open you up to lawsuits as is happening right now between authors and OpenAI. Not sure that is a position most startups want to be in.
- bick_nyers 3y agoCollege students don't want to be criminally charged with theft for pirating an $800 college textbook either. I'm not giving business advice, I'm giving humanity and knowledge propagation advice. As I mentioned, reducing bias is good so long as it doesn't introduce more bias elsewhere. The ultimate goal of course being a 100% bias free model.
- version_five 3y agoNah, these are foundation models. Companies want to be able to put in guard rails that are applicable to their application, not start with a model lobotomized according to US tech company values. The censorship is about telling people how to think, like it always is, not for the good of the people using the models.
- bick_nyers 3y agoYup. Advance the foundation models as far as possible to create a representation of the internet/human experience and place safeguards on top. Don't want your LLM to be used to create erotic fanfiction? Instead of gutting the LLM, just put a detector on the query and answers feeding into the LLM. Thankfully, with a non-neutered model you have access to a tool than can be used to perform such detection...
- pkdpic 3y agoOr tell another instance of the model to act as a constitutional-driven censor and let them duke it out.
- bick_nyers 3y agoNow that's a fanfic I would read!
- threeseed 3y ago> US tech company values Which do broadly align with the values across most of the world. But if you want to build something that has different values then go ahead. But you can't expect companies to be complicit in doing something which is unethical or illegal.
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- goatlover 3y ago> Which do broadly align with the values across most of the world. Satire?
- version_five 3y agoColonialism
- porantz 3y ago[dead]