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>"And LLMs are the only way to deliver the product, unless you dial it back to one or two hand-crafted characters instead of the wide range of available charact
by nickff 2y ago
>"And LLMs are the only way to deliver the product, unless you dial it back to one or two hand-crafted characters instead of the wide range of available characters that give the service its name. I'm not sure they can change the service to a point where this complaint would be satisfied."
I agree with everything you're saying, but there are no legal protections for incitements to violence, or other problematic communications (such as libel) by an LLM. It may be that they provide a very valuable service (though I don't see that), but the risk of them crafting problematic messages is too high to be economically viable (which is how it seems to me).
As it stands, this LLM seems analogous to a low-cost, remote children’s entertainer which acts as a foolish enabler of children’s impulses.
- wongarsu 2y agoThe cynic would say that if their business model isn't viable in the legal framework that's just because they didn't scale fast enough. After all Uber and AirBnB have gotten away with a lot of illegal stuff. But yes, maybe a service such as this can't exist in our legal framework. Which on the internet likely just means that someone will launch a more shady version in a more favorable jurisdiction. Of course that shouldn't preclude us from shutting down this version if it turns out to be too harmful. But if the demand is there, finding a legal pathway to a responsibly managed version would be preferable (not that this one is perfectly managed by any means)
- pbhjpbhj 2y agoThere has to be a 'reasonable person' factor here - otherwise if I'm watching Henry V I can sue everyone and his mother because the actor 'directed me to take up arms'! I never wanted to go into the breach, damn you Henry.