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> Remember the "leaks" from Google about an engineer trying to get the word out that they had created a sentient intelligence? I presume you are referring to t
by chimprich 2y ago
> Remember the "leaks" from Google about an engineer trying to get the word out that they had created a sentient intelligence?
I presume you are referring to this Google engineer, who was sacked for making the claim. Hardly an example of AI companies overhyping the tech; precisely the opposite, in fact.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-62275326 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-62275326
It seems to be a common human hallucination to imagine that large organisations are conspiring against us.
- dsr_ 2y agoThere is no difference between an organization and a conspiracy. Organizing to do something is the same as conspiring to do something. That leaves the question of whether the organization is commensal, symbiotic or predatory towards any given "us".
- MindBeams 2y agoCorporations are motivated by profit, not doing what's best for humanity. If you need an example of "large organizations conspiring against us," I can give you twenty.
- chimprich 2y agoI agree that sometimes organisations conspire against people. My point was, in case it wasn't apparent, the irony that somenameforme was talking about how LLMs were of little use because they hallucinate, whilst apparently hallucinating a conspiracy by AI companies to overhype the technology. I wasn't making a political point. You see similar evidence-free allegations against international organisations and national government bodies.
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