Record numbers of people are turning to AI chatbots for therapy, reports Anthony Cuthbertson. But recent incidents have uncovered some deeply worrying blindspots of a technology out of control
You could say the same about social media and the entire internet. Would you choose to regulate that?
Yes, fediverse is imo good(not great) model of regulation by the network(s) itself.
I recall in the mid 90s a group of people on the street corner protesting AOL (America OnLine) and saying the internet should be stopped.
They were right.
The vague way you talk about AI makes be think that you don’t know much about it. what do you use AI for? Is it ChatGPT?
I use it small ammount most for translation and generating names for projects all locally.
The point is llms can steer you in harmful direction, there is much hype around it, the effects on labour, effects on human agency and knowledge etc.
The power is in big tech not in some communities that use AI for their needs, but the big tech creating needs and solutions to fullfill them via advertisment, hyping it etc. That is the point of discussion not if I used it or not, or to compare it with knife or social media(that is better comparison but still) etc.
Do you think llms are that much beneficial to society or not ? What effects you see from llms in society ?
I think it would be easier to ask you why you are not using it? You’re aware of its issues, which means you won’t fall victim to them. You would only get the benefits. Have you tried the newer models of ChatGPT? They are worlds beyond GPT 3.5 or Llama 3.
You could say the same about social media and the entire internet. Would you choose to regulate that?
I recall in the mid 90s a group of people on the street corner protesting AOL (America OnLine) and saying the internet should be stopped.
They may have had a point, but the technology wasn’t to blame for the shit that’s it’s used for.
The vague way you talk about AI makes be think that you don’t know much about it. what do you use AI for? Is it ChatGPT?
Yes, fediverse is imo good(not great) model of regulation by the network(s) itself.
I use it small ammount most for translation and generating names for projects all locally.
The point is llms can steer you in harmful direction, there is much hype around it, the effects on labour, effects on human agency and knowledge etc. The power is in big tech not in some communities that use AI for their needs, but the big tech creating needs and solutions to fullfill them via advertisment, hyping it etc. That is the point of discussion not if I used it or not, or to compare it with knife or social media(that is better comparison but still) etc.
Do you think llms are that much beneficial to society or not ? What effects you see from llms in society ?
I think it would be easier to ask you why you are not using it? You’re aware of its issues, which means you won’t fall victim to them. You would only get the benefits. Have you tried the newer models of ChatGPT? They are worlds beyond GPT 3.5 or Llama 3.
I don’t use online only local ones. So do you want to say how you see efects of llm on society ?
I see the effects of tools used improperly. It’s just another computer program. There’s nothing special about AI. The good and bad are way over hyped.
What does significantly more damage is social media. It’s laughable that people think LLMs are even a dent in “society.”
I can use an image manipulation program for harm, does that make it bad for society?
USERS are the problem.