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pixl97last Tuesday at 11:53 PM2 repliesview on HN

Thank you, the "LLMs can do no wrong" bunch is ab exceptionally odd take from my point of view. LLMs are already causing all kinds of social issues, and the evidence of this exists in massive amounts. At least to me living in the US and the sue happy culture we have here, how much said AI providers have gotten away with so far surprises me.


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davrosthedalekyesterday at 11:42 AM

To be fair, there are really three threats:

a) People do bad stuff because LLM told them a wrong thing. Example: AI told me I should treat my heart attack by putting a fork in the outlet. Maybe similar to seeking medical advice on reddit?

b) People use LLM to do bad stuff. Example: People use LLMs to find 0 days. Get cooking recipes for poison. Write better phishing letters. This has parallels to the gun legislation question.

c) LLMs do bad stuff on their own, beyond what the people that use it intended. The case at hand might be an example of this. Maybe similar to having an animal as a pet. We will see if it's more like a house cat, lion, or black plague.

JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 12:45 AM

> the "LLMs can do no wrong" bunch is ab exceptionally odd take from my point of view

It's also a take nobody has made.