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by joshstrange 403 days ago
And water is wet...

On a more serious note I think "safety" is an incredibly loaded term that no one can agree on. I mean hopefully we can all agree CSAM/related should not be allowed but past that things get gray quickly.

"Hacking": what is hacking? Is hacking something you own allowed? Is reverse-engineering allowed?

Self-harm: we've seen articles about how people are using LLMs for therapy or for taking rape/abuse survivors stories down to create clear police reports.

"Sex": all-encompassing here, I have no clue where one "should" draw the line.

Wrong-think: See Deepseek's refusal to talk about Tiananmen Square (unless it's in hex/similar)

"Safety" means a lot of things to a lot of people but we keep talking about AI Safety as if everyone wants "safe" models and everyone agrees on what makes a model "safe".