Comment by Hilift
2 months ago
> LLMs have nothing to contribute to political discourse
A non-trivial percentage of the population is easily influenced, which is leveraged by social media being there 24x7. It's likely that LLMs will be there to craft political messages, themes, and campaigns, perhaps as early as the US mid term elections. Look at JD Vance traveling the globe stating that the US will be the world leader in AI, with none of the limits/guardrails that were discussed in Europe in February. AI-driven discourse, AI-created discourse.
https://www.marketingaiinstitute.com/blog/jd-vance-ai-speech
100% agree with this, but I am definitely not endorsing that we should use LLMs to propagate propaganda.
I also think the whole "safety" thing was just befuddling. You can't regulate software, not really, just its commercial sale
We can and should regulate software being used to shape public opinion. It’s probably the great threat of our generation.
I mean we can and should try, but laws mostly stop honest people from hurting each other. But the underlying software is inherently out there and you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Bro, already happened. There has been consultants pushing social media bots for that purpose almost immediately after these models became available.
Do you really think those armies of idiot commentators are all real? The agent provocateur is usually a bot. You see it here sometimes on Russia stories.