| Excellent point about living in fear. Though take the examples - nuclear weapons or biotech - as you say both have huge potential for harm. However both are regulated and relatively inaccessible to the average person. While training models like ChatGPT is still relatively inaccessible for the average person, using them is potentially not. One of the features of software is the almost zero cost of copying - making proliferation much more of an issue than for nukes or custom made viruses tech [1] ChatGPT is over-hyped of course, but I think the genie and bottle issue is more real here than for military tech or biotech. Having said all that I do think the solution is largely around applying existing laws to these new tools. [1] Ok if they escape, then can self replicate.... |