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Privacy is a big one, but avoiding censorship and reducing costs are the other ones I’ve seen. Not so sure about the reducing costs argument anymore though, yo
by 0000000000100 2y ago
Privacy is a big one, but avoiding censorship and reducing costs are the other ones I’ve seen.
Not so sure about the reducing costs argument anymore though, you'd have to use LLMs a ton to make buying brand new GPUs worth it (models are pretty reasonably priced these days).
- stuckkeys 2y agoI never understand these guardrails. The whole point of llms (imo) is for quick access to knowledge. If I want to better understand reverse shell or kernel hooking, why not tell me? But instead, “sorry, I ain’t telling you because you will do harm” lol
- TeMPOraL 2y agoKey insight: the guardrails aren't there to protect you from harmful knowledge; they're there to protect the company from all those wackos on the Internet who love to feign offense at anything that can get them a retweet, and journalists who amplify their outrage into storms big enough to depress company stock - or, in worst cases, attract attention of politicians.
- mistermann 2y agoThere are also plausibly some guardrails resulting from oversight by three letter agencies. I don't take everything Marc Andreessen said in his recent interview with Joe Rogan at face value, but I don't dismiss any of it either.