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> imo LLMs are (currently) good at 3 things Notice the phrase "from a moral standpoint". You can't argue against a moral stance by stating solely what is, beca
by ttiurani 10mo ago
> imo LLMs are (currently) good at 3 things
Notice the phrase "from a moral standpoint". You can't argue against a moral stance by stating solely what is, because the question for them is what ought to be.
- weird-eye-issue 10mo agoI think some people prefer living in reality
- computerthings 10mo ago[dead]
- strken 10mo agoReally depends what the moral objection is. If it's "no machine may speak my glorious tongue", then there's little to be said; if it's "AI is theft", then you can maybe make an argument about hypothetical models trained on public domain text using solar power and reinforced by willing volunteers; if it's "AI is a bubble and I don't want to defraud investors", then you can indeed argue the object-level facts.
- ttiurani 10mo agoIndeed, facts are part of the moral discussion in ways you outlined. My objection was that just listing some facts/opinions about what AI can do right now is not enough for that discussion. I wanted to make this point here explicitly because lately I've seen this complete erasure of the moral dimension from AI and tech, and to me that's a very scary development.
- p2detar 10mo ago> because lately I've seen this complete erasure of the moral dimension from AI and tech, and to me that's a very scary development. But that is exactly what the "is ought problem" manifests, or? If morals are "oughts", then oughts are goal-dependent, i.e. they depend on personally-defined goals. To you it's scary, to others it is the way it should be.
- crabmusket 10mo agoGet with the program dude. Where we're going, we don't need morals.