Kevlin HenneyDec 6, 2022
As the term 'intelligence' is used in 'artificial intelligence', it is perhaps worth asking, what kind of intelligence do AI systems represent? Confident and detail focused, but naïve, easily misled and lacking in common sense, worldliness, situational awareness, fairness, imagination, empathy, emotional intelligence and social intelligence 🤔
Show threadAndrew FeeneyDec 6, 2022

@kevlin

Christine Lemmer-Webber (@cwebber) described ChatGPT as Mansplaining As A Service, and honestly I can’t think of a better description. A service that instantly generates vaguely plausible sounding yet totally fabricated and baseless lectures in an instant with unflagging confidence in its own correctness on any topic, without concern, regard or even awareness of the level of expertise of its audience.

Show threadPatriziaDec 6, 2022
@andrewfeeney @kevlin @cwebber At least it only does so when *asked*!
Show threadJake MannixDec 7, 2022

@patrizia @andrewfeeney @kevlin @cwebber and has no ego if you tell it it's wrong, and it can't fire you.

I kinda love it. It's like, we all hate having someone yell at us and boss us around, but we also *pay* personal trainers to do exactly that.

As long as we're in control, and we decide whether to follow the advice, #chatGPT is a fantastic tool.

I *do* worry about having its outputs emitted willy-nilly into the world as if they came from a human, or trusted as such. That's some scary shit.

Show threaddyedgrey
@pbrane @patrizia @andrewfeeney @kevlin @cwebber
Do we really need more dis-/mis- or just generally bad information out here, just so some engineers can claim “10% more clever” for their 15 minutes? We should be using our power for good. Our ethics and mores are really not keeping up with the tech.
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Show threadJake MannixDec 8, 2022

@dyedgrey @patrizia @andrewfeeney @kevlin @cwebber I... don't think this thing is there "just so some engineers can claim '10% more clever'". I think ChatGPT is an amazing breakthrough and is genuinely useful.

I also think it has to be treated really really carefully, as yes, it can produce vast quantities of fake news, bad answers, etc.

The invention of dynamite lead to lots of weapons of destruction. It is also genuinely useful, industrially.

But I agree: we should not forget the harms.