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If a study comes out which demonstrates to high confidence that some extremely horrible outcome is certain with this technology, would any changes be made? Woul
by WhyOhWhyQ 2y ago
If a study comes out which demonstrates to high confidence that some extremely horrible outcome is certain with this technology, would any changes be made? Would we tell OpenAI to close shop? I don't think, with the way our society and politics is set up, we would be able to deal with this. There's too much money, ego, and general inertia at play to change course.
- diggan 2y agoI mean, that question is really a question for yourself. You cannot control others, so assume others will do whatever is quickest, easiest and/or least resistance, outcomes be damned. Of course nothing would immediately do a 180, but if there would be research put out that your brain slowly stops working to more you use LLMs, then you can at least make your own choice from there on out.
- 63stack 2y agoClimate change is already a pretty good precedent on this
- diggan 2y agoThat's too broad though, because there been specific issues we've (humanity) managed to come together to fix, like the "ozone hole" stuff being "solved" with regulations, protocols and public policy, while there are other issues we haven't quite been able to do the same with, all under the umbrella of "climate change".
- barrell 2y agoIf a study comes out, no. But I do not think the trajectory of LLMs is as determined as you may think