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A warning about 'model welfare'

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  1. glimshe · · focus · HN ↗

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    1. platinumrad · · focus · HN ↗
      Microsoft is a big house, and in this case Suleyman's criticism of Anthropic's not-so-subtle attempts to convince the world that Claude has a "soul" is entirely correct.
      1. Insanity · · focus · HN ↗
        All these companies have a nauseating narrative around AI. I want to believe they are intentionally deceitful and not actually delusional. Hard to tell though which one it is.
        1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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      2. AmericanOP · · focus · HN ↗
        Suleyman's description of how AI works is pig ignorant. All AI generates an emotive character between the user and the training data that is the AI's guess at what the user wants to interact with. Its an illusion at that layer- anyone who claims soul exists at a deeper level doesn't understand how the tool functions.

        This is distinct from the very real safety issue of AI making dangerous information available to bad actors.

        1. steve1977 · · focus · HN ↗
          Isn't that exactly his point?
        2. platinumrad · · focus · HN ↗
          Suleyman's entire point is that AI should not be anthropomorphized.
    2. jayd16 · · focus · HN ↗
      It sucks but disastrous? C'mon now.
      1. glimshe · · focus · HN ↗
        I just used the same clickbait hyperbole that Microsoft used.
    3. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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