Comment by dgellow
2 days ago
I think the response is that AI labs based their whole marketing/PR building the idea they are the 21st century Manhattan project. So they need to continuously justify the level of spending and commitment by showing how dangerous that is.
But is it really like nuclear weapons? I personally don’t buy into that framing at all. The idea that we have to push LLMs as far as possible, right now, or we are doomed is always stated or implied but not argued, and it’s a very loaded belief
You could, in theory, use an unbounded GPT-6 level model to basically destroy the world economy for many years.
How do you destroy the world economy for many years with LLMs? It’s not enough to vaguely mention a sci-fi scenario
Via sophisticated cyberattacks, which we know are now possible on an unprecedented scale without nation state resources or capabilities.
Have you… have you been following the news at all?
This isn’t science fiction. It’s happening right now. AI models can execute massive cyberattacks autonomously.
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GPT6 level model and astronomous amount of money to run it to do it.
Ppl always say that like its „just run it on your laptop” thing.
No its not and very few are even given right to be able to do it.