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0 pointsstartupsfail2y ago0 comments

I agree. Overall the whole situation feels like we’ve just entered atomic age and are proliferating plutonium, while selling shiny radioactive toys [I’m actually pretty serious here, the effects of prolonged interactions with an AI haven’t been evaluated yet, technically there is even a possibility of overriding a weak personality].

But it still feels like it is much safer to let GPT-4 loose and assess the consequences. If compared to developing GPT-8 in private and letting it leak accidentally.

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jjoonathan2y ago

Yes. The only possible way this gets taken seriously is if a mediocre AI tries a power move, causes some damage, and faceplants before it's too big to stop.

startupsfailOP2y ago

I would not be surprised, if GPT-4 (in its optimal environment, with access to a well-working external memory, prompted in a right way, etc) is already capable enough to do an interesting power move.

smodad2y ago

For sure. Just to be clear, I'm not saying the situation we're in where we have to release it to the general public is a great situation to be in. But I think we're at a point where there's not any optimal solutions, only tradeoffs.

selfhoster112y ago

> technically there is even a possibility of overriding a weak personality

Similar reflections here. There was even a site called GPT My Life that lets you delegate planning your day to GPT. I imagine this is a proto-version of that.

cleanchit2y ago

Alright who plugged gpt into his hn account?

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