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OpenAI is enlisting an influencer army to make it look 'good for the world'

221 points · 209 comments · cdrnsf

0c3ca83 · 1790171699 · focus · HN ↗
Yes, if the product is seen as bad for the world, it won't sell. But it's pretty bad for people, and I don't know how you'd hide that for the people being harmed.
1. BenzeneDream · 1790171777 · focus · HN ↗
  Its not pretty bad for people.
  1. 0c3ca83 · 1790171899 · focus · HN ↗
    Go talk to an artist, a junior developer, or a musician. And then realize that the goal is to generalize the damage to every other intellectual domain.
    bradishungry · 1790172606 · focus · HN ↗
    Don’t forget the effect on students! It has the potential to be a great learning tool, but nothing is in place for that to happen. It more likely just kills all reinforcement learning
    petcat · 1790173446 · focus · HN ↗
    > kills all reinforcement learning
    I have the opposite experience. My intellectual curiosity has increased immensely since starting to use Chat GPT. I can snap a picture and instantly know what kind of bug I am looking at, whether I am looking at a Red-Tailed hawk or a Red-Shouldered hawk and how to tell the difference, what the gauges on my water tank and boiler mean, and numerous other things that I am curious about daily.
    These are things around me that I wouldn't have bothered to investigate just due to time and effort. And now I appreciate all these little curiosities more than ever.
    ipsod · 1790174140 · focus · HN ↗
    Same.
    Reminds me of this cartoon: <a href="https://imgur.com/life-before-google-q0eP1Rg" rel="nofollow">https://imgur.com/life-before-google-q0eP1Rg
    __
    "Life Before Google: A Short Story"
    dog: I just thought of something I'd like to know more about.
    rabbit: That's a damn shame.
    THE END

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