OpenAI is the pure bullshit company.
Altman's contention that they are building "artificial superintelligence": Bullshit.
Board members' cult of effective altruism: Bullshit.
Output from the machine: Bullshit.
It's all hallucinations: Pure bullshit.
@jeffjarvis there products ChatGPT and GPT4 are doing fine in the market however
@ErikJonker @jeffjarvis that doesnt mean it's not bullshit.
@f4grx @jeffjarvis ... it's problematic, risky, not useful in every context, but GPT4 is not bullshit, i have been experimenting with it myself, it has added value in certain contexts and if you know what you are doing
@ErikJonker @jeffjarvis how much do you like that these tools are just rehashing knowledge stolen from other parts of the web? As "useful" as it could be this tool has the worst ethics base in the world.
@f4grx @jeffjarvis ..we agree that there are big problems and risks, but the whole reasoning GPT4 is all bullshit i don't agree with.
@ErikJonker @f4grx @jeffjarvis
It's bullshit.
> As Frankfurt reminds us: “It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth.” ChatGPT does not know the truth, as it does not know anything. It is a bullshitter par excellence.
https://www.ihs.ac.at/publications-hub/newsletter/april-newsletter-chatgpt-is-boring/
@phrees @ErikJonker @f4grx @jeffjarvis You have to assume the machine is a "someone" for that statement to apply, which is the actual bullshit.
ChatGPT is nothing more than a very powerful tool, the next version of autocorrect. It's incredibly useful in some contexts (I use it to get a huge efficiency boost in my work), and it's completely useless in other contexts, like most tools.
It's no more "bullshit" than a hammer is.
@LouisIngenthron @phrees @ErikJonker @f4grx @jeffjarvis
Louis, completely agree. Some commenters here thinking that CharGPT and other LLMs are just for edge cases are seeing it backwards. ChatGPT will be a huge productivity tool for many jobs. Tell me a job that requires information workers and I’ll give you 10 use cases for increasing productivity. Only very esoteric jobs are safe - for now. I do not, however, think society is ready. It’s going to hurt a lot.
@ForeverExpat @phrees @ErikJonker @f4grx @jeffjarvis Every major change for the better does.
@LouisIngenthron @phrees @ErikJonker @f4grx @jeffjarvis
This is going to change society at a rate not seen by previous “major changes” you allude to. I’m not so sanguine. It _could_ be for the better but, the way the world is right now, humankind is not ready for the changes it implies.