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It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs

629 points · 277 comments · ibobev

  1. jimmyjazz14 · · focus · HN ↗
    > We must move past vague discussions of “AI” and instead isolate the specific types of systems that are creating problems.

    This is absolutely correct and its surprising how rarely you see commenters in the media push to go into the specifics on this. AI is just matrix math and its what you connect that math to that matters, we should talk a little more about what we are willing to connect AI to and little less about how scary or capable the models appear.

    1. throwitaway222 · · focus · HN ↗
      But you can't stop someone from connecting AI to something at this point, so your point is moot.
      1. Cthulhu_ · · focus · HN ↗
        You can't stop someone, no, but you can make it illegal so that at the very least, the major providers are compliant and anyone else will need to jump through the hoops. Like many "mildly" illegal things today like pirating films - it's easy enough if you know what you're doing, but finding and downloading a torrent file is still enough of an obstacle for >90%* of internet users

        * number pulled out of my ass

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