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by zugi 27 days ago
LLMs are software. They take inputs and produce outputs. What humans choose to do with those inputs and outputs is up to us.

Getting the pope involved makes it all seem more mystical and magical than it is. And these remarks only further feed that delusion. Regardless of intent, it seems to just feed the AI marketing and hype.

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I agree. The pope seemed to take the opportunity to talk about the ethics in good faith, no pun intended. But Olah just used the association to aggrandize AI for marketing sake.
It feels like a way to build the case for regulation, as in regulatory capture