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buzzbuzzimafuzz t1_j7lz92s wrote

A quote from the Verge liveblog:

>This is an important part of the presentation, but I just want to note that Microsoft is having to carefully explain how its new search engine will be prevented from helping to plan school shootings.
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>"Early red teaming showed that the model could help plan attacks" on things like schools. "We don't want to aid in illegal activity." So the model is used to act as a bad actor to test the model itself.

The safety system proposed sounds interesting but given how simple prompt engineering attacks still work on ChatGPT, I'm not feeling optimistic about how well this will work out in the real world.

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currentscurrents OP t1_j7m04ot wrote

Replying to buzzbuzzimafuzz (#1,746,626)

Meh, I think the safety concerns are overblown. It's really more of bad PR for Microsoft than an actual threat.

You can already find out how to make drugs, build a bomb, etc from the internet. The Anarchist Cookbook has been well-known for decades and you can find a pdf with a simple google search.

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jturp-sc t1_j7mawk7 wrote

Let's just slap what's effectively a reskinned version of ChatGPT in a sidebar is certainly a choice ...

I like how this might be the spark that gets Product Management and UX at-large to finally start understanding how to work with ML-based functionality in their products. However, I think we're going to look back and facepalm at a lot of design decisions we see over the next 6-ish months as companies rush to get something (anything) out the door faster than their competitors.

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infinity t1_j7o28ve wrote

Is it just me who finds the clunky UX over bing underwhelming? Ditto over you.com that fails to generate anything for me 50% of the times. I wish these companies spent some time thinking about the chat UX as they integrate with search. ChatGPT has a really great and simple UX, and works really great for some use cases which I really like.

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sodafizzer77 t1_j7p74jr wrote

Ha ha ha ha ha...wow the power of bing & edge......dude Microsoft stop. you lost.....

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AutomaticAccount6832 t1_j7pj318 wrote

I hope they don’t forget to make it compatible to Sharepoint and Teams as everything they do. Why would we need performance if we can have compatibility?

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VelveteenAmbush t1_j7pxngk wrote

Replying to currentscurrents (#1,746,680)

Yes, 100% agree. This "can we coerce the model into saying something bad" is just a game that journalists play to catastrophize new technology and juice their engagement metrics. There's bad stuff on the internet, too, and you can find it with search engines. We still use search engines because they're incredibly useful.

The embarrassing part is that Google was so afraid of these BS stories that they kept LaMDA stuck in a warehouse for over two years while OpenAI and Microsoft lapped them.

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ksblur t1_j7qozkl wrote

Replying to infinity (#1,750,981)

> you.com

First time hearing about that search engine. I gave it a go, and man is it bad. I don’t understand how they think people will be loyal users of their “AI” search engine when nothing is intelligent about it.

I asked a simple query: “should I wear a jacket tomorrow?”, expecting it to interpret my query as “will it rain/be cold tomorrow” and this was the answer:

> It depends on the weather and the occasion. If it is mild or warm outside, then wearing a jacket may not be necessary. Ultimately, it is up to you to decide what to wear based on the weather, the occasion, and your personal style.

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[deleted] t1_j7sbhu7 wrote

Replying to VelveteenAmbush (#1,754,081)

What we DONT need is a censored chatgpt. Maybe if it had sliders or parental controls like a normal search engine. But there shouldn’t be a universal censorship like what they’re trying to do right now.

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