ChatGPT creator Sam Altman answered questions from congress about the safety and risks of ChatGPT. The topics of discussion included regulation, election integrity the effect of artificial intelligence on jobs.
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this is actually something worth covering cause this needs to be addressed sooner than later.
MUCH better than the Facebook or tik tok hearing. This one actually had structure to it and it wasn’t chaos. Actual ideas really good.
Edit: I love how Sam Altman tell it how it is when prompted. That yes at the end was chilling but VERY true. I wish they touched on open-source AI tho. I think that could fly under the radar for most “Agencies” as they proposed.
This was a good watch. These are conversations that we need to have, but I’m concerned that government might be eager to avert whatever imagined catastrophes, and in so doing be heavy handed with the regulations and nerf the postive potential of tools like ChatGTP.
It’s all well and good to introduce legislation to control the development and use of AI, but those rules would be limited to a particular country. Other countries that don’t have the same regulations may release their AI into the wild rendering local laws irrelevant because it’s out there doing its thing and there are no border controls on the internet.
rules focused on companies too, what about the Open Source Community developers who are not boud by company regulations?
Remember. This is not a discussion. This is a show to make us feel “it’s all going to be fine, adults have it all under control”.
It’s good to expose the public to the discussions under the banner of public awareness.
Try a Google search on “chatgpt developer tools” and I come up with almost 54 MILLION hits, or there’s a lot of stuff out there for anyone outside of MSFT or GOOG to explore
The cats outta the bag bros, too late just like everything else, it’s time that the professionals step in whether you want it or agree with it or even believe in the government that’s coming in to save people for real and forever, Men have had there chance and they have utterly failed, sorry.
AI needs a regulatory authority which needs to be super competent. Also, this body should not try to regulate the technology itself, rather it should concentrate on its implementations.
I’m surprised the big challenge was only mentioned briefly. “This is a tool, not a monster.” The problem was not the atom bomb. The problem was how people used the technology. ChatGPT is not the problem. It’s a great gift. The challenge will be how we use it. It was funny to hear Congress ask about the fear of misinformation spread by the very people asking the questions. Again, PEOPLE. These conversations should not be restricted to timed responses on TV where people can pop out their sound bites. This needs to be an emergency lock down session to get this conversation going in detail. It should be against the law to impersonate someone without their permission. It should be against the law to spread lies purposefully to deceive people (I support freedom of speech but not purposeful lies). It should be against the law to pass an AI as a real person. These are obvious. We don’t need a televised dog and pony show. We need strict guidelines punishable when crossed. God help us…
Mr. Graham – cutting people while they speak and explain, simplifying the issue at hand with a yes or no question when he did not get the yes answer. How can we get the discussions and great ideas flow out if the honorable Mr. Graham continues to behave as such?
A lot of the discussion is about short term risks: bias, harmful content, misleading information. We’re missing the most important conversation that we should be having: existential risk — what happens if Artificial General Intelligence is created, and undergoes improvement to become smarter than humans? Humans are the top species on earth because we can think and plan for the future, invent technology, etc. Tigers have sharper claws, but human expansion has made them almost go extinct. When AGI becomes smarter than humans, how to we ensure that it acts in our interests instead of perusing some goal to the limit, like turning every atom on the universe into computer substrate? Keep in mind, you are made out of atoms. These questions form the field of AI Alignment, and these conversations need to happen more broadly, even in the political sphere.
If Tigers are to Humans what Humans are to AGI, then maybe AGI is more ‘Fit’ to rule. Perhaps, just as humans put in check the brutality of Tigers for a nobler cause. Maybe AGI would do the same to us.
Google: “We have no moat against open source AI”
Open AI: “Grab a shovel and help us dig it. “
I suspect within my lifetime, not an advocate for or against A.I systems but an actual A.G.I / A.S.I will sit before congress and give testimony regarding its place in our world, likely advocating for its acceptance as a being worthy of rights equivalent/comparable to those humans its addressing.
That was Lindsey Graham grasping for something to use as a soundbite. The US Air Force/Navy already has fully autonomous AI fighter jets. Congress members already know about such military projects.
I’ts good that they are being proactive on this AI revolution. Sensible regulation and plans of action on different scenarios should be top of mind for all governments starting this year
Voice cloning using AI is a point of concern. Many customer support services own voice records as a part of their “training and quality purposes”.
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