Comment by solenoid0937
6 days ago
It's a shame HN refuses to seriously engage with the topic of AI safety.
Either you think model intelligence will continue to improve or you don't.
If you think it won't continue to improve, sure, open models are great.
If you think it will continue to improve, then we are all fucked if models continue to be open on release.
Fucked how? The models capacity is great for defense too.
Fucked for the same reason we don't let everyone own mini nukes.
Mini nukes are hard to build. They require the entire industrial base to produce. The knowledge how to build them is universally available.
The model can tell you how to refine weapon-grade plutonium, but will not get you a factory for that - and it is genuinely hard to build.
What you are describing is pure information control. Which is supposed to be operated by the people who are the most ill equipped to do that - the current US government. Thanks but no thanks. I'll better risk the recipes for mini nukes.
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