Comment by oblio
1 day ago
> to just hear a friendly voice
This is far from being proven as a net gain and there are massive lawsuits incoming related to AI recommending suicide to kids and others.
1 day ago
> to just hear a friendly voice
This is far from being proven as a net gain and there are massive lawsuits incoming related to AI recommending suicide to kids and others.
In all fairness, depression and suicide have existed before LLMs.
Safety systems are not optimal but improving everyday and although I doubt we'll ever get a perfect safety system, it seems that we're not very far from a "good" safety system. The days of Google recommending glue on pizza and generating diverse Nazis seem behind us.
Not to mention all the untold good that LLMs have done. Personally I've seen that LLMs are incredibly good at pointing conspiracy nuts and extremists into the right (moderate) direction.
In a polarised world, we definitely need that.
What do you think happens when political ad buyer start buying inception style hints in chat bot answers?
Also, rage baiting also drives up chat bot conversation durations.
The incentives are exactly the same as for Facebook and Google Search.