James ThomsonMay 26

Could we maybe stop talking about LLMs like they are becoming sentient? Amongst other stolen data, they have been trained on a whole bunch of text from science fiction stories about computers becoming sentient, and statistically know how to write that kind of thing.

You're not creating Skynet here, it's just seen The Terminator a hundred times and is quoting your favourite lines at you.

Show threadFediThing 🏳️‍🌈May 26
@jamesthomson It's pretty telling that the makers of LLMs "warn" us about them while selling them, they are trying to plant the idea that LLMs are sentient so people would try to use them to replace workers.
Show threadJayMay 26
@FediThing @jamesthomson What’s very funny in the “this has some terrifying implications about your conception of humanity” kind of funny is when they tout how lifelike/amenable their LLM is and it’s the most chirpingly moronic dicksucker you’ve ever seen and you realize why these people simply cannot make or appreciate art.
Show threadFediThing 🏳️‍🌈
@WhiteCatTamer @jamesthomson They don't know what art is, the humanity at the core of it.
May 26 at 9:11pmWeb