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by simianwords 1 day ago
This is a ridiculous stance to take. That LLMs are simultaneously negative value but can also help synthesise bioweapons. It’s the sort of stance you take when you already feel ideologically against AI. I don’t think it’s coherent.
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It's more about information availability rather than intelligence. An LLM has had access to more information during its training period than you'd ever even come across over a hundred lifetimes. It has been trained on billions of books and articles across every single subject that exists on the planet. Can you imagine what real intelligence could do with all that information?
>This is a ridiculous stance to take.

I encourage you to be more curious. We're just talking. We would learn more from each other without these strong statements.

Is synthesizing bioweapons positive or negative value ?