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It says a lot about HN that a story like this has so much resistance getting any real traction here.
by slg 1y ago
It says a lot about HN that a story like this has so much resistance getting any real traction here.
- daveguy 1y agoApparently Silicon Valley VC culture is trying to transition from move fast and break things to move fast and break people.
- mcphage 1y agoWell, they already did the move fast and break countries, so now they’re trying to make it personal.
- dpc050505 1y agoDidn't facebook already facilitate a genocide like 8 years ago? It's been a while that Silicon Valley has been having negative externalities that delve into the realm of being atrocious for human rights. Not that the mines where the metals that have been used to build computers for like 60 years at this point are stellar in terms of human rights either mind you. You could also look at the partnership between IBM and Nazis, it led to some wondrous computing advances.
- throwawaybob420 1y agoIf you mention anything that goes against the current fad, you must be reprogramed. AI is life AI is love AI is laugh
- Dilettante_ 1y agoThe discourse has layers, though.
- dkiebd 1y agoThis sucks but the only solution is to make companies censor the models, which is a solution we all hate, so there’s that.
- slg 1y agoThank you, “we just have to accept that these systems will occasionally kill children” is a perfect example of the type of mindset I was criticizing.
- int_19h 1y agoThat statement is going to be true for anything short of a complete Panopticon where everyone and everything is watched 24/7 to nip any potential harm in the bud. If you're not okay with that arrangement (why not?), then we're left to argue about which level of "will occasionally kill children" is acceptable.
- dkiebd 1y agoWe have many tools in this life that can maim and kill people and we keep them anyway because they are very useful for other purposes. It’s best to exercise some personal responsibility, including not allowing a 16 year old child unattended access to the internet.
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- slg 1y agoYeah, that is why we don’t have any regulations on the manufacturing and sale of stuff like guns or drugs. The only thing in the way of a 16 year old having unfettered access is personal responsibility.
- alexey-salmin 1y agoSo you're in favor of regulating ropes then? I'm not a big fan of LLMs but so far their danger level is much closer to a rope then to a gun.
- rsynnott 1y ago"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."