It’s all quantitative. Why wasn’t Bing chat threatening a reporter for saying bad things about it the warning shot that got civilization to wake up and do the right thing? Well, it sort of was. It’s a clear sign of problems, and it got some people to move in the right direction, it just didn’t suddenly change everyone’s mind—there are still plenty of people rushing ahead. As the warning shots get warning-shottier, more people will change their minds, but whether they’ll do so fast enough is an empirical question that I’m somewhat pessimistic about.
It’s all quantitative. Why wasn’t Bing chat threatening a reporter for saying bad things about it the warning shot that got civilization to wake up and do the right thing? Well, it sort of was. It’s a clear sign of problems, and it got some people to move in the right direction, it just didn’t suddenly change everyone’s mind—there are still plenty of people rushing ahead. As the warning shots get warning-shottier, more people will change their minds, but whether they’ll do so fast enough is an empirical question that I’m somewhat pessimistic about.