A lot of attention has been paid to the mischief done by “agentic” large language models (LLMs) on their own initiative. But the more immediate and commonplace danger is that AI will multiply and indulge existing human weaknesses. AI does not have to be super intelligent to provide an excuse for secretive and poor-quality government decision-making.

A lot of attention has been paid to the mischief done by “agentic” large language models (LLMs) on their own initiative. But the more immediate and commonplace danger is that AI will multiply and indulge existing human weaknesses. AI does not have to be super intelligent to provide an excuse for secretive and poor-quality government decision-making.

  • nonentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    50 minutes ago

    Anyone who is impressed by the function or output of a LLM, to a level they believe it’s in any way adjacent to intelligence, must be quarantined from the decision making processes that affect anyone not similarly cognitively impaired.

    It’s embarrassing that our elected officials believe this shit is special.