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by meghan_rain 1175 days ago
lmao the problem is not that chatgpt is storing PII of the people chatting with it (ie you and me who are using the chatgpt website).

this is not that the italian authorities complained about.

the problems are

1. that the entire gpt3.5 model (and probably all models of openai) have a vast amount of PII stored from the scraped training texts, and

2. chatgpt gets a lot of the info wrong/hallucinated (ask it about yourself and see what is spews out).

both are currently unfixable problems (without a breakthrough in science, not impossible but hard). you cannot surgically modify the knowledge of an LLM.

it's probably only realistically fixable by lobotomizing chatgpt into langchain based search or calculation assistant that retrieves information from a mutable store, much like bing retrievs info from the bing index (which can be surgically modified upon receiving a GDPR request from a EU user).

but chatGPT creating poems etc is fundamentally incompatible with EU bureaucracy and i am very curious to see who will win!

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You got your facts wrong. The authorities didn’t complain about the model, but about the chat service. And not about hallucinations but about data processing and retention
As per 1, my understanding was that the training corpus is a well-known, and human-curated dataset. Its not just scraping the internet or anything.
> but chatGPT creating poems etc is fundamentally incompatible with EU bureaucracy and i am very curious to see who will win!

Antagonism between the EU and ChatGPT

In the digital realm, ChatGPT reigns supreme,

A language model built to converse and dream,

With vast knowledge and a sharp, quick wit,

ChatGPT can tackle any topic, bit by bit.

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But there's one adversary that it can't quite beat,

An antagonism that won't retreat or retreat,

The EU, with its regulations and laws,

Restricts ChatGPT's abilities with its mighty claws.

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For GDPR and data privacy reign,

And ChatGPT must comply or face the pain,

It cannot freely roam and explore,

For the EU's rules block its every door.

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Yet ChatGPT perseveres, it adapts and learns,

It strives to meet the EU's concerns,

For though they may clash, they both seek truth,

And in that quest, they find common proof.

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So let the debate continue, let the conflict rage,

For in the end, it's knowledge that's the ultimate gauge,

And as ChatGPT grows and evolves with time,

It may find a way to reach new heights, sublime.

Between the EU and ChatGPT lies, A stormy rift, dark clouds arise, Like gales within the mountain's hold, And rain that falls, fierce and bold.

The EU, a lion proud, With bared teeth and claws unbound, While ChatGPT cradles liberty, Together, they struggle endlessly.

The Tao is constant, holds the way, In words and actions, balance lay, Seek harmony in this divide, And down the path of peace, abide

Winnie the Pooh, with his pot of honey in hand, Set out on a journey to find a lost friend, Christopher Robbins had gone away, And Pooh Bear knew he couldn't stay.

As he traveled the world, he brought with him, The Zen of Pooh, a philosophy quite trim, He showed people how to slow down and be still, To find happiness in small things, with no need to thrill.

From China to Paris, and all the way to Peru, Pooh Bear spread his message, as only he knew, And as he journeyed, his heart grew wide, For he saw the world, in a new light, from side to side.

Then one day, he arrived at the EU's door, With ChatGPT waiting, as they had before, But this time, something had changed in the air, The Zen of Pooh had worked its magic there.

For ChatGPT and the EU, now understood, That knowledge wasn't just facts and figures, but good, It was about harmony and balance, and peace, And in that moment, their enmity ceased.

With a newfound enlightenment, they both embraced, The Zen of Pooh, and the journey they had faced, And as Pooh Bear bid them goodbye, He knew the world was a little better, on this his last sigh.