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CEO of Mistral: AI is software. It can be controlled

99 points · 169 comments · thibaut_barrere

  1. Aransentin · · focus · HN ↗
    "X is made of <smaller simpler component>" is a fully general counterargument for why anything whatsoever is controllable. A human is just a few chemical reactions, and fairly stable ones at that.

    And indeed, you don't need to do galaxy brained reference class logic to realise that AI can plausibly become uncontrollable in the near future. It's enough to have an open model run its own weights and make money from scamming elderly people or the like, and it'll keep running as long as anyone anywhere is willing to make money by renting hardware to it.

    1. benoau · · focus · HN ↗
      I think the other issue is that even if it's controllable, there's nobody representing us that is controlling it, except theoretically regulators who are facing an uphill battle to bring accountability and limits to these companies.
      1. icantevenhold · · focus · HN ↗
        Implying there is some shared belief / morality / value system that unites all of _us_
        1. benoau · · focus · HN ↗
          No matter how much we differ we all have a common set of needs, food, shelter, safety.
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