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If corporations can simply augment some generated text with the cheapest human labor available, without audiences noticing or caring so much that it affects the
by iaaan 2y ago
If corporations can simply augment some generated text with the cheapest human labor available, without audiences noticing or caring so much that it affects their bottom line, they will do so. Corporations exist to optimize for cost/profit, nothing more.
- dleeftink 2y ago> Corporations exist to optimize for cost/profit, nothing more But LLMs are not only used in corporate settings. Cutting the bottom line in medical professions, case law, academic journals, etc. may seem enticing, but their audiences will definitely bear the brunt of the loss of specialist diagnoses, case work and peer/lit reviews.
- iaaan 2y agoAgreed, their audiences will definitely bear the brunt of those losses, but they will still absolutely try, and your average person has very little (if any) control over this.
- Bluestein 2y ago(Which is very very scary - at the very least: Law, medicine ... ... how many (and to what extent) are today's students/trainees and future practicing pros already passing classes that they would have otherwise failed, undetected -for example- and undermining future professional services which we will all avail ourselves of?