[soulofmischief]

I'm extremely concerned about the implications. We are going to have to restructure a lot of things about society and the software we use.

And like anything else, it will be a tool in the elite's toolbox of oppression. But it will also be a tool in the hands of the people. Unless anti-AI sentiment gets compromised and redirected such that support for limiting access to capable generative models to the State and research facilities.

The hate I am referring to is often more ideological, about the usage of these models from a purity standpoint. That only bad engineers use them, or that their utility is completely overblown, etc. etc.

[jacquesm]

> We are going to have to restructure a lot of things about society and the software we use.

There is a massive assumption there: that society as such will survive.

[soulofmischief]

Just an unvoiced caveat. It's entirely possible that society won't survive the next century for a growing number of reasons.

[jacquesm]

Indeed, so why would we roll the dice on even more of those reasons? We could play it safe for a change.

[soulofmischief]

It's just bad timing, but the ball is already rolling downhill, the cat's already out of the bag, etc. Best we can do at the moment is fight for open research and access.