alt Hacker News> it is actually unethical to bind an independent actor to labor for us
So if I run a script that's unethical? How is a LLM inference loop different than a script?
> But our society would never tolerate this danger from a tool.
Sure about that? Cars kill people, chainsaws kill people, heck, a lot of useless tools such as alcohol kill people. We tolerate dangerous tools just fine, there has never been a tool where humanity would be like 'nope, its cool, but its dangerous so we are going to stop using it'. Not biological weapons, not cars, we never go back.
Instead of making the genuinely helpful AI that eases cumbersome things that people do not want to spend time doing, companies are racing to making generative AI models which are stealing from artists and creatives. And Ai models which have been given agency to do things when they not posess the thinking and reasonig that comes with consciousness. And yes if you run a script to do the same, it is unethical.
ML and DL have their place in research which can push the frontiers of the problems and solutions know to humans today. But are the majority if the companies focusing on that? Nope.
Any technology is a tool and if it is in the wrong hands and there are no guardrails in place, both the human and the technology become dangerous. A car in th hands of a robber, a chainsaw in the hands of someone who has an intent to hurt someone,etc.