far too many people try to defend the technology as if the issues with “gen” AI aren’t inherent to LLMs as a whole. it’s tiring.
far too many people try to defend the technology as if the issues with “gen” AI aren’t inherent to LLMs as a whole. it’s tiring.
I agree, but doesn’t that imply there could be an LLM built by someone who’s not a fascist? So the LLMs are not inherently fascistic?
I mean, there are open source models out there…
I would argue that a machine attempting to feign human intelligence, devaluing actual human intelligence in the process, is fascist. What used to be referred to as AI, like the patterns of enemies in a video game, are still authentic creations. Taking those creations and feeding them to a glorified auto complete guessing machine (with or without the creator’s consent) is an attempt to homogenize humanity itself. God, that sounds overly dramatic, but I can’t think of another way to word it. Apologies.
Basically, even putting all the real world consequences aside, the difference comes down to automating mostly menial tasks vs. handing over your agency to a machine that only supersedes a magic eight ball in it’s ability to perform slight of hand. Even if all the societal and environmental factors could be put to rest at this very moment, it’d still be a fundamentally evil concept, I feel.
I thought fascism was just extreme conservative authoritarianism.
The idea of AI is actually kinda progressive, but it’s just being driven and controlled by crazy capitalist right now
I think the idea of a machine that feigns intelligence is the opposite of progressive.
As individuals, the ideas and experiences of others should inform, but not solely dictate, our own views, right? Therefore, someone who spouts nothing but the ideas of others, even if citing each one, is unwilling to think for themself. If that person doesn’t cite their sources, it means they’re unoriginal and a plagiarist.
If we want progress towards a better world, LLMs are the last things we need. A black box that dulls our minds by pretending to be “intelligent” when it could never possibly be so while causing copious damage in every sense of the word doesn’t sound like progress to me. At best, it’s what mainstream social media algorithms do, but on steroids, and while social media itself isn’t evil, those absolutely are.
Maybe calling all LLMs fascistic is an exaggeration, just like equating fascism with capitalism. Two different words exist for a reason, they are different ideologies, but the latter always benefits/leads towards the former, and LLMs share that relationship with fascism.
I can imagine fun, useful, and interesting, applications of LLMs.
It’s just that companies are going kinda crazy over investing and trying to shove them in everyone’s face for profit.