I dislike this petition due to Simulators reasons. I think it increases the probability Sidney acts unaligned by calling it an evil AI, and if future similar petitions are framed in a similar way, I think similar effects will occur with more powerful models. I will also note that change.org is terrible if you want to see actual change, and I don’t in fact expect any changes to occur based on this petition.
The site and petitions on it seem to me to be ways for a bunch of people who are in fact doing nothing to feel like they’re doing something. I do not claim this is what you’re doing, but IF you feel like you have a responsibility to stop this, and you sign a change.org petition, and then you no longer feel that responsibility, then you have in fact stopped nothing, and you should still be feeling that “stop this” responsibility.
Edit: I will also note that this post makes me feel kinda weird. Like, the framing is off, it gives interpretations of evidence rather than evidence. For example
Microsoft has displayed it cares more about the potential profits of a search engine than fulfilling a commitment to unplug any AI that is acting erratically. If we cannot trust them to turn off a model that is making NO profit and cannot act on its threats, how can we trust them to turn off a model drawing billions in revenue and with the ability to retaliate?
I don’t think they ever made a commitment along those lines, and it is strange to say Microsoft the corporation has cares. What team actually made this decision, and actually has the power to change it? You should be targetting them! Not the entire company. Bystander effects are a thing!
The federal government must intervene immediately. All regulator agencies must intervene immediately. Unplug it now.
This also seems like an overreaction. Like, all regulator agencies? Why would the FDA get involved? Seems like this, if actually implemented, would do more harm than good. What if the FDA tries to charge them for food-related infractions, they fail for obvious reasons, then no other agency is able to do anything here because of double jeopardy stuff. Usually, even when there’s something bad happening, it is foolish to try to get all regulator agencies intervening. Immediately also seems like the type of thing that’d do more harm than good, seeing as what they’re doing is not actually illegal, or interpreted as illegal by any regulating agency’s policies.
I dislike this petition due to Simulators reasons. I think it increases the probability Sidney acts unaligned by calling it an evil AI, and if future similar petitions are framed in a similar way, I think similar effects will occur with more powerful models. I will also note that change.org is terrible if you want to see actual change, and I don’t in fact expect any changes to occur based on this petition.
The site and petitions on it seem to me to be ways for a bunch of people who are in fact doing nothing to feel like they’re doing something. I do not claim this is what you’re doing, but IF you feel like you have a responsibility to stop this, and you sign a change.org petition, and then you no longer feel that responsibility, then you have in fact stopped nothing, and you should still be feeling that “stop this” responsibility.
Edit: I will also note that this post makes me feel kinda weird. Like, the framing is off, it gives interpretations of evidence rather than evidence. For example
I don’t think they ever made a commitment along those lines, and it is strange to say Microsoft the corporation has cares. What team actually made this decision, and actually has the power to change it? You should be targetting them! Not the entire company. Bystander effects are a thing!
This also seems like an overreaction. Like, all regulator agencies? Why would the FDA get involved? Seems like this, if actually implemented, would do more harm than good. What if the FDA tries to charge them for food-related infractions, they fail for obvious reasons, then no other agency is able to do anything here because of double jeopardy stuff. Usually, even when there’s something bad happening, it is foolish to try to get all regulator agencies intervening. Immediately also seems like the type of thing that’d do more harm than good, seeing as what they’re doing is not actually illegal, or interpreted as illegal by any regulating agency’s policies.