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LLMs do not have persistent memory. OpenAI does. Persistent memory is nothing magic, it's just LLM context that you, the user, decided to automate its creation
by 4ad 2y ago
LLMs do not have persistent memory. OpenAI does. Persistent memory is nothing magic, it's just LLM context that you, the user, decided to automate its creation to an LLM that can consume 3rd party input. (In fact it's precisely because LLMs are stateless why you could implement persistent memory yourself, completely client side, you don't need any support from OpenAI to do this.)
If you have decided to give a 3rd party control over your LLM context, that's on you. Of course the 3rd party has as much control over the LLM as you do.
It's literally the same thing as running a random .exe from the internet. Of course this can be useful, the .exe could provide a useful function, alternatively it could also steal your data. But you chose to run the .exe. Similarly automating your LLM context generation can be useful, but with exactly the same caveats, whoever influences your LLM context controls the LLM. If you enable persistent memory you give them this control.
- InsideOutSanta 2y ago"LLMs do not have persistent memory. OpenAI does" The LLM we are discussing here does have persistent memory, because OpenAI gave it persistent memory. "It's literally the same thing as running a random .exe from the internet" I'm not sure what the point is you're making with that, since downloading a random .exe from the Internet is clearly a security issue. By your own analogy, this is also a security issue. The difference is that OpenAI is doing it for you, you're just using OpenAI's program in the way it was intended to be used.
- mrtranscendence 2y agoAct as high and mighty as you please, I won't mind. But bear in mind that: * most people will find it surprising that showing a photo from the internet to ChatGPT is as unsafe as opening a random, untrusted exe. * many people don't even understand that it's unsafe to open random, untrusted exes. Are you seriously suggesting that we should leave all these people to the wolves, because they're less knowledgeable about security vulnerabilities than you?