Comment by latexr

> My problem is when this experiment starts wasting the time of people in the real world who had nothing to do with the experiment.

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> Setting a goal for a bunch of LLMs and letting them loose on Gmail is not a responsible way to apply this technology.

These kinds of takes are incredibly frustrating. What did you think was going to happen?! Of course this is what happened! Of course LLMs will continue to be used irresponsibly, and this won’t even register in the top ten thousand worst uses.

This reads like a gun fanatic who is against gun control saying after a school shooting “my problem is when nuts shoot up schools, that is not a responsible way to employ guns”. No shit. The people who criticise unfettered access to guns don’t have a problem with people who are careful and responsible with guns, keep them locked, and used them only at gun ranges, the problem is what the open access means for society as a whole.