a4mula OP t1_j1bg71f wrote on December 23, 2022 at 1:44 AM

Reply to comment by Ziggote in A Plea for a Moratorium on the Training of Large Data Sets by a4mula

China will slow down. Us sanctions guarantee it.

But this isn't about any given individual perspective. I'm sure that this would affect Corporations, and Academia, and certainly us as end users.

I can't imagine that nVidia or OpenAI would be keen to have these discussions as corporate entitites.

Yet, as humans that make up those corporate entities they must see the same potential for harm, they're experts after all.

Nobody likes slowing down. But sometimes the risk associated with moving too fast demands it, and I cannot think of a more appropriate time in the history of our species than this moment right now to step back and reassess what exactly it is we're doing.

The toughest sell would probably be the intelligence agencies. They're the ones I'd assume would require the greatest and most keen oversight regarding this.

And that might be a challenge. But if everyone else can get on board, I feel confident that we have the tools to find a solution that can be of benefit to all ~8 billion of us, and not just the select few.

It takes us all working towards that goal together and setting aside our ideological differences in this very narrow regard, however.

Ziggote t1_j1bhxpq wrote on December 23, 2022 at 1:57 AM

Nope. full steam ahead. there is no stopping it.

a4mula OP t1_j1bidvo wrote on December 23, 2022 at 2:01 AM

You're probably right. That would certainly be the safe bet. But it doesn't have to be. We do have agency. We do have choice. We do have a say in the matter. But we have to be willing to execute those things.

One way is open, honest, fair, unbiased, logical, rational conversation.

All I ask, is that if you find this topic to meet those criteria, you consider it. Consider talking to others about it. Consider talking to ChatGPT itself about it.

The machine has no issue having these conversations, it's not bound to some NDA or secrecy agreement. It's logical and rational and will help in any goal you have including understanding. It's certainly helped me in these ways.