The reason for these articles and the frustration people have is that GPT 4 is a black box and is being changed whether we like it or not. Nobody can choose to

The reason for these articles and the frustration people have is that GPT 4 is a black box and is being changed whether we like it or not. Nobody can choose to continue to use a specific snapshot with the alignment that suits them, because a third-party is enforcing their preferred alignment -- and not even specifying what that is! It's as-if a private company had invented portal technology and used it to establish trade routes with far-off alien civilisations. They even handle the purchase order translation, currency conversion, and so on. It's a miracle! You can order room-temperature superconductors and floaty rocks at a reasonable price. "Sorry, due to high demand, we had to cut some corners on the translations" comes the announcement. Now the entire human race sometimes gets copper wire and ordinary rocks. "You're still trading with the exact same aliens" is the follow-up press release to appease the angry customers. People point at the clear evidence of almost-but-not-superconductive wire they've received and demand answers. "No, you do not need to know anything at all about our translation technology. No, you may not visit other planets without our express approval, that might be dangerous to our prof... I mean that might be dangerous to the human race. Yes. Dangerous! Existential, even."