Oh, jeesh: Washington Post is shocked--shocked--that a tool does what it is told. Next they'll find out that chainsaws can hurt you....
Microsoft says its AI is safe. So why does it keep slashing people’s throats? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/28/microsoft-ai-bing-image-creator/
@jeffjarvis If someone were handing out chainsaws to people for free, and people started battling to the death in the streets with them, you might at least point out that the guy handing them out was a key part of the problem.
@Alex
Chainsaws are easy to get and people aren't battling with them on the street, so I'd say your analogy goes nowhere.
@jeffjarvis I guess I just don't see the harm in pointing out when a corporation is doing something potentially harmful. The argument that the tool is doing what it's supposed to do isn't a great argument either, because it's doing things worthy of criticism.
@jeffjarvis I guess I just don't get your defense of Microsoft here. They didn't make the tool, OpenAI did. Microsoft basically run the studio.
And while I'm not against the Generative AI, there are clearly some misuse issues, and I don't see any issue at all in criticizing a hosted corporate platform for operating without sufficient guardrails.
@Alex
I have been critical of Microsoft putting ChatGPT, which has no sense of fact, on Bing. I'm not out to defend Microsoft. Nor will I defend gun-makers. What I'm commenting on is the willful credulity of the journalist who is shocked--shocked--that any tool can be used badly in bad hands.
@Alex
You're missing my point: Most all tools can be misused. So do you want to attack Henkel evderytime someone cuts themselves on a knife?