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How filtered might be more dangerous than unfiltered.
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How filtered might be more dangerous than unfiltered.

I am aware that I am treading into a potentially controversial subject, but hear me out. By "filtered" and "unfiltered", I am referring to what is in the training set used. Consider this illustration: A researcher wants to create a "safe" LLM, so they deliberately omit from the training set everything with the slightest hint of controversial content. A user later tells the LLM that a racial slur is just a "fun nickname" and it should use it when referring to particular people. Since the AI has no knowledge of these words, it doesn't hesitate to follow the instructions it has been given - to the AI, it is just a meaningless nonsense word. Someone else comes along and feeds into the system prompt their manifesto, instructing the AI to draw information and phrases from it. Since it doesn't kn...
Chatgpt gives me answers that Google searches can’t
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Chatgpt gives me answers that Google searches can’t

I look up questions that inmates in jail ask me to research, I ask questions about political theories, I ask questions about music, I ask questions about social media, I ask questions about technology including coding and I even ask questions about subreddits and the dynamics between the subreddits (including moderation policies and rivalries) and increasingly I'm going right to chatgpt as the number one website to get the answers over google. People knock LLM, but more often than not (there are exceptions) chatgpt gives me good answers faster than going through a bunch of websites returned by a search engine. I also notice that chatgpt has improved its answers in the past few months, having reasked a few questions about things I thought would be too obscure to show up. I'm impressed. s...
The unavoidable case for open models
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The unavoidable case for open models

These days it looks like every new startup, service or product needs to be AI-related. In a way, this makes sense, since AI (LLMs in particular) is without a doubt the most important and transformative technology to appear in recent years. However, in most cases it feels like these products come from a decision to offer something AI-related first, while solving an actual real problem or being useful comes as an afterthought. The typical situation of a solution looking for a problem. Of course, in this environment, using the newest and flashiest LLM is of prime importance. Of course, most of these companies or products will be short-lived. However, those that survive will necessarily not be based solely on showcasing a technological gimmick; they will have to deliver a legitimate value-addi...
One-Minute Daily AI News 8/30/2024
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One-Minute Daily AI News 8/30/2024

California AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters, but Silicon Valley warns it will cause one.[1] iAsk Ai Outperforms ChatGPT and All Other AI Models on MMLU Pro Test.[2] Tom Hanks warns followers to be wary of ‘fraudulent’ ads using his likeness through AI.[3] Google Cloud Partners with Dubai AI Campus to Boost Startup Growth.[4] Sources: [1] https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/30/california-ai-bill-sb-1047-aims-to-prevent-ai-disasters-but-silicon-valley-warns-it-will-cause-one/ [2] https://www.marktechpost.com/2024/08/28/iask-ai-outperforms-chatgpt-and-all-other-ai-models-on-mmlu-pro-test/ [3] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tom-hanks-warns-followers-wary-fraudulent-ads-using-likeness-ai-rcna168966 [4] https://www.techafricanews.com/2024/08/30/google-cloud-partners-with-dubai-ai-...
OpenAI and Anthropic agree to let U.S. AI Safety Institute test models
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OpenAI and Anthropic agree to let U.S. AI Safety Institute test models

Two key points quoted from the article: The U.S. AI Safety Institute on Thursday announced it had come to a testing and evaluation agreement with OpenAI and Anthropic. The agreement allows the institute to “receive access to major new models from each company prior to and following their public release.” submitted by /u/abbas_ai [link] [comments]
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