Comment by wffurr
4 days ago
I wish the NPR news broadcasters on the radio yesterday had read the "it's good marketing so maybe don't believe it" angle instead of just parroting the OpenAI press release. Getting that message out would be enormously helpful in countering the blatant submarine marketing "Oh no our AI is a super hacker" with a side of "please regulate super hacker AI and stop those pesky open weights Chinese models that are destroying our stock valuation."
maybe all the news agencies could put out daily “don’t believe everything you read from company press releases” broadcasts, because it sure ain’t specific to openai
in any case, this is just a longer rehashing of elementary grade media literacy. not really sure why it hit hacker news.
You haven't noticed how often people here on hacker news lap up LLM company press releases and practically worship them? Defend them vigorously? I think it's totally appropriate to remind everyone how to think about press releases
Conversely you haven't noticed how many people here and elsewhere say that LLMs are completely incapable of anything at all and everything they say is a lie?
One of the biggest issues is the complete lack of literacy of potential issues with AI systems by a large number of people involved. If an AI system is capable, it is unsafe. They cannot be made safe and useful in the same way a human cannot be made safe and useful.
The only question left is if our AI systems are capable.
i dont think those particular people are going to read this article and suddenly be swayed
That's cause many people here work for AI companies and have massive vested interests in propagating & hyping the bubble.