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> Why is this surprising? They’ve always done this. In fact I’d be surprised if they didn’t do this. This is such an unconstructive attitude. This is the first
by Cheer2171 2y ago
> Why is this surprising? They’ve always done this. In fact I’d be surprised if they didn’t do this.
This is such an unconstructive attitude. This is the first time they have publicly admitted it.
- cbsmith 2y agoIt's the first time they've publicly acknowledged what specifically was used in the training set for their LLMs. It's NOT the first time they've said that that data could be used for research. The presumption was that they had used the data for their LLMs. Maybe it is surprising to some that they this particular research used that data, but it really shouldn't be to anyone aware of how LLM development is done.
- wpietri 2y agoYeah, to me it's part of what press critic Jay Rosen calls The Church of the Savvy. It's kind of a performative cynicism where one tries to gain status by appearing so smart that you're above it all. One can do it with pretty much anything, which ironically means it demonstrates very little actual smarts. To me it's related to the sort of person you'll see who on every startup failure says how they knew it wasn't going to work. Which again doesn't require particular smarts; most startups fail, so predicting failure doesn't take a genius. What I think is much more interesting is spotting a problem before it's obvious and naming it in advance. Or better, fixing it early on. That doesn't get you many internet points, though.