There are a lot of counterarguments I could bring up, but just of the top, plainly, just because people use LLMs as therapists, lawyers, doctors, deities, doesn't make LLMs such.
My personal believes (we should not rely on models for such things at this stage, let's not anthropomorphize, etc.) to one side, let me ask, do you think if I used my friend Steve, who is not a lawyer but sounds very convincingly like one, to advice me on a legal dispute, that should be covered by attorney client privilege?
Cause, even given the scenario that LLMs suddenly become perfectly reliable enough to verifiably carry out legal/medical/etc. services to a point where they can actually be accepted into day-to-day practice by actual professionals and the companies are willing to take on the financial risks of any malpractice for using their models in such areas (as part of enterprise offerings for an extra fee of course), that still wouldn't and shouldn't mean that your run-of-the-mill private ChatGPT instance has the same privileges or protections that we afford to e.g. patient data when handled digitally as part of medical practice. At best (again, I dislike anthropomorphizing models, but it is easier to talk about such a scenario this way), a hypothetical ChatGPT that provides 100% accurate legal information would be akin to a private person who just happens to know a lot about the law, but never got accredited and does not have the same responsibilities.
Again though, we are far from that hypothetical anyways, "people" using LLMs that way does not change this fact. I know, unfortunately, there are people who are convinced that current day LLMs have already attain Godhood and are merely biding their time and that doesn't become real either, just because they act according to their assumptions.
I really struggle to understand, nor do I see any cogent arguments across this comment section why current day LLMs in such a scenario should be treated differently to e.g. a PKM software or cloud hosted diary and afforded the same legal protections (or lack thereof depending on viewpoint, personal stance and your local data privacy laws).
You'll find these laws privileging certain folks are contoured and controlled by the individuals who have already been granted such privilege to discourage and limit competition. Not because it's good in any way for the client.
Protectionism hurts all of society to benefit a few.
Perhaps this is a language barrier, but I genuinely do not understand what is meant by this. Like, what does this have to do with protectionism, who are the "folks" in this case, etc. Honestly asking.
There are a lot of counterarguments I could bring up, but just of the top, plainly, just because people use LLMs as therapists, lawyers, doctors, deities, doesn't make LLMs such.
My personal believes (we should not rely on models for such things at this stage, let's not anthropomorphize, etc.) to one side, let me ask, do you think if I used my friend Steve, who is not a lawyer but sounds very convincingly like one, to advice me on a legal dispute, that should be covered by attorney client privilege?
Cause, even given the scenario that LLMs suddenly become perfectly reliable enough to verifiably carry out legal/medical/etc. services to a point where they can actually be accepted into day-to-day practice by actual professionals and the companies are willing to take on the financial risks of any malpractice for using their models in such areas (as part of enterprise offerings for an extra fee of course), that still wouldn't and shouldn't mean that your run-of-the-mill private ChatGPT instance has the same privileges or protections that we afford to e.g. patient data when handled digitally as part of medical practice. At best (again, I dislike anthropomorphizing models, but it is easier to talk about such a scenario this way), a hypothetical ChatGPT that provides 100% accurate legal information would be akin to a private person who just happens to know a lot about the law, but never got accredited and does not have the same responsibilities.
Again though, we are far from that hypothetical anyways, "people" using LLMs that way does not change this fact. I know, unfortunately, there are people who are convinced that current day LLMs have already attain Godhood and are merely biding their time and that doesn't become real either, just because they act according to their assumptions.
I really struggle to understand, nor do I see any cogent arguments across this comment section why current day LLMs in such a scenario should be treated differently to e.g. a PKM software or cloud hosted diary and afforded the same legal protections (or lack thereof depending on viewpoint, personal stance and your local data privacy laws).
You'll find these laws privileging certain folks are contoured and controlled by the individuals who have already been granted such privilege to discourage and limit competition. Not because it's good in any way for the client.
Protectionism hurts all of society to benefit a few.
Perhaps this is a language barrier, but I genuinely do not understand what is meant by this. Like, what does this have to do with protectionism, who are the "folks" in this case, etc. Honestly asking.
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